Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin attended the 152nd OPEC Conference in Vienna
Mr Sechin told the meeting that Russia proposed holding an international conference involving OPEC countries, independent oil producers, major oil companies, investors and the expert community in Moscow in the autumn of 2009.
Events for 14 march 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Naina Yeltsin on her birthday
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Naina Yeltsin on her birthday
Events for 13 march 2009
The officials discussed events planned to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Alexander Popov, Russian physicist who invented radio, and measures to encourage domestic production to replace imported IT and telecommunications equipment.
Events for 12 march 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Kemerovo Region
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working trip to the Siberian Federal District, visited the Polosukhinskaya Mine in the Kemerovo Region and talked to the miners. He also inspected residential housing for miners, chaired a meeting of the Government's Commission for Regional Development as well as inspected the West Siberian Iron & Steel Works and met with Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev.
Events for 11 march 2009
At the meeting, Mr Putin and Mr Gertsy discussed the work of the state employment service, including the implementation of a programme to stabilise the situation on the labour market.
First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov chaired the 2008 Government Award in Education ceremony
“Education has been brought to the fore – it became a national priority,” Mr Zubkov stressed in his speech at the ceremony.
