Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a memorial service for Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia on the 40th day after his death, at Moscow’s Cathedral of the Epiphany.
Vladimir Putin met with Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov
During the meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kaluga Region Governor Anatoly Artamonov discussed the results of the year 2008, namely industrial production, car-making and aircraft building, construction, and agriculture.
Vladimir Putin visited the Gazprom central production and control department
"We shall do our best to work on in the same absolute transparency for our partners to take full account of what is going on in Russian terminals from which gas is piped to European consumers. Our contacts with the Balkan countries and Central and Western Europe have a huge scope. We shall keep up the same patterns in every direction."
The meeting adopted decisions on improving the interaction procedures between investors and the Olympstroi state corporation, and the Sochi-2014 Organising Committee.
Events for 12 january 2009
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."
