Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St Petersburg
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting dedicated to the infrastructural development programme of the Russian transport for 2009 and Government anti-crisis measures in the transport sphere.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium
"We will make sure that the regions follow the demands of those laws that have been introduced: a faster transformation of the housing sector, co-financing from the regional and local budgets, focussed and effective use of the resources allocated."
Mechanisms and methods of subsidizing the market economy were discussed at the meeting.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met the Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki
"Iraq has been our reliable partner for many years, and we have a good history of relations. The last decade has seen a great amount of mutual work between our two countries."