Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the leaders of the United Russia Party
"Our anti-crisis measures are being implemented. We have succeeded in maintaining stability in the banking system and have therefore created pre-requisites for once again issuing loans to domestic industries. Although such loans are still insufficient, this process is picking up momentum."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with his Armenian counterpart, Tigran Sarkisyan
"I'd like to inform you that we have practically finished work on a $500 million loan to Armenia. We are fulfilling our agreements. All that remains to be done is to have the budget approved by the State Duma, our parliament."
The participants in the meeting approved the format of the Expert Council and elected Andrei Batalov, deputy director general of the Moscow Kremlin State Museum, as head of the Council.
The meeting’s participants coordinated a list of equipment on which a 5% import customs duty is to be introduced to support Russian producers.
Events for 26 february 2009
"We are convinced that truly sustained and harmonious development in the age of globalisation is possible only in societies that are trying to ensure well-being for their citizens and can effectively combat the destructive forces of social, ethnic and any other discord and hatred."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conducted a Government meeting
"What we need to do is remove the reasons for the monopolisation of particular commodities and service markets. The competition development programme aims at settling just such structural problems."
The meeting discussed the preliminary results of the bank’s work in 2008. Opening the meeting of the Supervisory Board Mr Zubkov noted that “Rosselkhozbank significantly increased the rate of crediting in connection with the growth of its capital in 2008”.
