Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Novgorod Region
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting at fertiliser producer Acron in Veliky Novgorod.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin
Mr Putin and Mr Basargin discussed preliminary results of housing construction in 2008 and housing prices in the regions.
“The Government is constantly monitoring efforts to provide affordable financing to farming, fishing and logging,” Mr Zubkov said at a meeting at the Government House.
Events for 23 january 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov
They discussed stabilisation on the labour market, notably the regional programmes to ease tensions on the labour market presented to the Government, as well as professional training, retraining and advanced training of personnel during these programmes.
The Commission members have noted that budget allocations for various types of support of small and medium enterprises (SME) as well as the loans to that sector from the Savings Bank of Russia, Vneshtorgbank, the Development Bank (VEB), and other banks with government participation have been increased.
Events for 22 january 2009
Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Transport Minister Igor Levitin
Mr Putin and Mr Levitin discussed the industry’s performance in 2008, and the agreed position on a state-run transport leasing company. They also talked about jobs in road construction and subsidies for air travel to the Far East.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that the commission meeting and other efforts would “advance Russian-Cuban cooperation to a new level, including in the field of trade and economic relations.”
The Commission approved a Draft Government resolution vesting the Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation with the functions of organising road traffic.
The two men discussed the development of integration between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, including joint efforts to deal with the consequences of the world financial crisis.
