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."
Events for 18 october 2009
Events for 16 october 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah
The two officials discussed bilateral relations between Russia and Brunei at their meeting.
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.”
Events for 15 october 2009
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.”
