Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leadership of the United Russia party

“The budget for 2010 focuses on social programmes, with one of its key articles dealing with a large-scale pension reform. We all know a lot about this issue, and have discussed it a lot.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Kaliningrad Region

On an official visit to Kaliningrad, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony for the road connecting Kaliningrad with Khrabrovo Airport. The Prime Minister also held a session of the Presidium of the Presidential Council on the Development of Local Government. Vladimir Putin visited the Yantarny sports complex in Kaliningrad and met with Georgy Boos, the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

During an official visit to St Petersburg, the Prime Minister visited the Turner Scientific and Research Institute for Children's Orthopaedics in the town of Pushkin. Before leaving St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin also inspected the new Tu-214 airplane.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is on a working visit to St.Petersburg, has taken part in the Third Russian-Finnish Forestry Summit and has met with the Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. Vladimir Putin and Matti Vanhanen held a joint press conference and attended the ceremony of the opening of Finland House in St.Petersburg.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

During a working visit to St Petersburg, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on urban development, and together with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi continued to discuss various aspects of their two countries’ relations and current international issues.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held а videoconference with their Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and met with the managers of major Russian companies active in Russian-Italian economic partnership.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with German business leaders

“Germany is Russia’s leading trade and economic partner. Last year, Russia-Germany trade exceeded $60 billion. This year it will be considerably smaller because of the crisis. However, I was pleased and even surprised to learn that in January through April German investment in the Russian economy grew 36%.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Kaluga Region

During a working visit to the Kaluga Region, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the inauguration of full capacity production at a Volkswagen Group Rus auto assembly plant, visited an exhibition featuring the region’s investment projects, chaired a meeting of the Government Commission for Regional Development and met with Governor of the Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium

"The Russian-Finnish Forest Summit is due in St Petersburg on Sunday. This is why I deem it necessary for the Russian Government to explicitly define its position on the use of forest resources, the development of the timber processing industry, and the basic principles of cooperation with our foreign partners. Obviously, we cannot be content with just supplying raw timber and with the current state of the industry."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on economic issues

“The Russian Government and the Central Bank of Russia maintained the stability of the country’s banking system amid the global financial downturn and protected the national currency from dramatic fluctuations that can be so painful for people and for companies.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Government meeting

“It is necessary to continue to foster administrative reform, abolish the state’s unnecessary powers, minimise the number of inspections, and switch from the practice of giving authorisation to providing recommendations.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China

On the third day of his working trip to the People’s Republic of China, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Heads of Government meeting.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China

During his official visit to China, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the consecration of the restored Assumption of the Holy Virgin Church, which took place in the Russian Embassy compound in China. Mr Putin made the church a gift of an icon.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to the People’s Republic of China

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in the People’s Republic of China for an official visit. During his visit, he will participate in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voted in the Moscow City Duma election

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cast his vote in the election of deputies to the 5th Moscow City Duma. The Prime Minister voted at polling station number 2079 in the Russian Academy of Sciences building on Prospekt Lenina.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended 2010 World Cup qualifying match between Russia and Germany in Luzhniki Stadium

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended 2010 World Cup qualifying match between Russia and Germany in Luzhniki Stadium.

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Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the development strategy for the pharmaceutical industry in Zelenograd

"The tasks that the state and the pharmaceutical companies face are clear. First, the policy for the state to purchase medicines needs to be overhauled to introduce clear-cut, transparent market rules to eliminate the possibility of loopholes and abuses, which allow sidestepping the terms of a public auction. When public auctions are aboveboard, prices fall significantly."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation

A set of issues connected with bringing the global economy out of crisis and rendering aid to disadvantaged countries was discussed at the meeting.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the 2010-2012 federal property privatisation plan and a reduction in the number of strategic enterprises

“We consider privatisation to be one of the key tools in reforming the real economy, in improving the competitive environment and in attracting additional investment.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a conference call on electric facilities’ and housing and utilities companies’ preparation for the 2009-2010 heating season

"According to company reports, preparations are proceeding smoothly and on schedule. The heating season is in fact already on in many regions. Territorial energy systems and most housing and utilities companies have completed their preparations on time: they have finished the required repairs and formed the necessary backups."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vladimir Region

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working tour of the Vladimir Region, took part in the opening ceremony of a bridge across the Oka, visited a fitness centre in Vladimir and presented awards to the winners of the Merry Start school competitions. Mr Putin also chaired a meeting on the implementation of the sports facilities construction programme and held a meeting with Vladimir Region Governor Nikolai Vinogradov.

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