Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the development of science and education
"From 2009 the federal targeted programme on Scientific and Pedagogical-Scientific Staff of Innovative Russia will come into force. I expect that it will allow us to increase the professional level of our specialists and create a clear-cut system of attracting young and promising scientists. For achieving this goal we have allocated 80 billion roubles from the federal budget."
Events for 19 august 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the development of competition
"And we should create a system that would regulate the situation in the market fairly and rationally based on current legislation."
The situation in the oil and gas sector and in agriculture of Tatarstan were discussed during the meeting.
Events for 18 august 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting
"We have to complete the formation of competitive integrated structures in key branches of industry."
