Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium
"The Government points out other opportunities to the public. Persons entitled to grants and soft taxation are welcome to use their benefits, while employers should retain corporate social programmes whenever possible and so not merely help their employees in these lean years but also to invest in the future by creating a basis for post-crisis development."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Stavropol Territory Governor Valery Gayevsky
At the meeting Prime Minister Putin and Governor Gayevsky discussed the socio-economic situation in the Stavropol Territory, in particular, in agriculture.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller
Mr Putin and Mr Miller discussed the protocol for monitoring the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine.
