"The Government must provide timely and regular funding for all defence industry companies with the help of available financial instruments which have been used in the past, are being used today and must continue to be used in the future."
Events for 13 february 2009
"We are closely following EP debates on Russia's problems, on all aspects of our cooperation, both in the economy and in culture. Our views do not always coincide, but I'm absolutely convinced that we should expand our contacts to understand each other better."
Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Abdullah Gul
"Our bilateral trade is developing well. Last year, we reached another high level of $32 billion. Russia has become Turkey's first trading partner. Turkey is also one of the leaders in trade with Russia. We have many shared interests and are at work on many joint problems. We are very happy about this because relations with Turkey are our foreign policy priority."
In his opening remarks Mr Zubkov said that according to the concept, Russia was expected to make fish products to account for 85% of the domestic market by 2020, up from the current 67%.
The Commission named as the main priority in the field of technical regulation early adoption of the following regulations: on the safety of buildings and structures, building materials, lifts and food products.
Events for 12 february 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Leningrad Region
During his visit to the Leningrad Region, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) oil refinery and chaired a meeting to discuss the problems of the oil industry development.
Opening the meeting the First Deputy Premier issued a directive to review within a month the implementation of the decisions taken by the Commission in 2008.
