Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium
“It is crucial to ensure macroeconomic stability and a balanced budget: This is a key prerequisite for successful solution of social and economic tasks at present and in the post-crisis period.”
“Investment in various housing programmes will amount to 440 billion roubles in 2009, the money coming from federal, regional and local sources, the Housing Mortgage Crediting Agency, and the Housing and Utilities Reform Fund. If we take capital repair allocations into account, the funding will make record-setting 500 billion roubles.”
Events for 24 may 2009
The Prime Minister gave a St. George the Dragon-Slayer icon to the Patriarch as a gift.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the cemetery of the Donskoy Monastery
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the cemetery of the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow, laying flowers on the graves of prominent Russians re-interred here in 2005 and 2006: General Anton Denikin, philosopher Ivan Ilyin and writer Ivan Shmelev.
Events for 23 may 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Trade and Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko
"One of our primary tasks today is to maintain demand, because we won't resolve all the issues with financial infusions, guarantees, debt restructuring or other financial support if there's no demand. This issue depends not only on the Government but on the state of our national and global economies as well. But measures to maintain demand should be planned and gradually implemented."
