Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited St Petersburg and met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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%.”
The meeting focused on the reform of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.
Events for 20 october 2009
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.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov
The two officials discussed preparations for the State Duma hearing on the 2010-2012 federal budget.
At the ceremony, the academic council of MEPhI presented Mr Zubkov with an honorary degree for his assistance in establishing the Institute of Financial and Economic Security at MEPhI.
