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.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with FIFA President Joseph Blatter
“We have decided to officially submit our application to host the World Cup in 2018. We wanted to inform you about this today. A week ago, on October 9, I signed an executive order in order to make this process more official.”
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.
Following a discussion, Commission members decided to keep import quotas on beef, pork and poultry meat in 2010-2012 and agreed on the distribution of quotas.