Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Cabinet meeting
"I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that we do have a surplus. And we must use this opportunity as long as possible when we make up the budget of the country with the surplus."
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."
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."