Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Uzbekistan
President Islam Karimov welcomed Russian Prime Minister at Tashkent Airport. During his visit Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with Uzbekistan’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoev and with Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Primorye Territory
During his working trip to Primorye Territory Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with students and staff of Far Eastern State University, visited the Ussuri Nature Reserve, spoke at a meeting on preparations for the APEC summit and had a conversation with the Governor of Primorye Territory Sergei Darkin.
The decision was announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting on the preparations for the APEC summit in Vladivostok today.
Events for 31 august 2008
Excerpts from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s interview with the TV news programme Vesti
"We are going to expand our possibilities, first of all in the economic field. And in general, the modern world is characterised by a sharp competitive struggle, which has long passed from a military to an economic sphere."
Events for 29 august 2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin interviewed by the German ARD TV channel
"We are not going to play by some special rules of our own. We want everyone to follow the same rules that are also referred to as international law."
Events for 28 august 2008
CNN interviews Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
"We are a peace-loving state, and we want to cooperate with all our neighbors and all our partners. But if someone thinks that they can come and kill us, that our place is at the cemetery, these people should think about the consequences of such a policy for themselves."
The activity of the Federal Tariff Service in the government-subsidized spheres such as railroads, telecoms, the Post, gas supplies and the others was discussed in course of the meeting.
