"A huge amount of work has been done: hospitals and temporary accommodation for refugees were promptly made available, and delivery of water, food and humanitarian cargoes was organised. People were not discriminated against on the basis of nationality: humanitarian relief was brought, among others, to the inhabitants of the villages located on Georgian territory. By now the situation on the whole has been stabilised, practically all the refugees, with a few exceptions have returned to the Republic; according to our data, about 2,000 people are still to return home."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov
"The volume of accumulated Russian investment remains small. We hope very much that the President and the Government of Kyrgyzstan will do everything possible in order to provide incentives for Russian capital. Moscow will also promote Russian business operations in the Kyrgyz economy. This is certainly a reserve component of our cooperation."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev
"Azerbaijan's foreign policy towards Russia has been stable in the past few years. We believe that all positive changes at the political level are to transfer into economic cooperation. This is particularly important today, when the situation on the world financial markets and the world economy is unstable."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Duma deputies
The Government sees its prime duty in providing enough financing for education, health, infrastructure and innovative development. And, of course, for the strengthening of the country’s armed forces and security.
Events for 15 september 2008
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of Russian Government Presidium
"Finance Ministry intends to allocate additional funds to minimise the negative impact of what is happening on the world markets. <...> Starting in April, part of the temporarily available funds will be placed in bank deposits, which is a measure to support the national banking system today."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of Vnesheconombank’s supervisory council
"I should also mention Vnesheconombank's first experience in participating in the construction of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics venues, namely the Roza Hutor mountain ski resort. This is not just an Olympic venue but a venue intended to further provide recreational activities for winter sports and outdoor recreation fans and all people. The resort is expected to accommodate thousands of tourists."
