Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Alexei Kudrin and Igor Sechin
"Today we must review everything that has been done recently. We must see what works and what does not work as we would like it to in order to be able early next week to propose for one of the sector's enterprises, AvtoVAZ, a balanced package of effective measures to support concrete enterprises and the sector as a whole."
Events for 27 march 2009
Mr Putin and Mr Zhirinovsky discussed the Government’s programme of anti-crisis measures.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov
The two men discussed the anti-crisis programme submitted to the State Duma.
“Honouring its social commitments to citizens is a priority for the Government. The question is how to guarantee their implicit implementation."
Mr Shuvalov confirmed at the meeting that the budget expenditures in 2009 had been increased by 660 billion roubles ($21.5 billion) to ensure implementation of the anti-crisis plans.
Russia will become a major supplier of energy to China within 15 years, the Deputy Prime Minister believes. On the other hand, the Governments of Russia and China in their planning “emphasise the supplies of machines and timber processing”.
