Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Leningrad Region
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the town of Pikalyovo to get first-hand knowledge of the developments in the Boksitogorsky District companies of the Leningrad Region. He inspected an alumina facility at Basel Cement’s Pikalyovo Alumina Refinery.
Events for 3 june 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Finland
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, arriving in Helsinki on an official visit, met with his Finnish counterpart, Matti Vanhanen.
Events for 2 june 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to St. Petersburg
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the provision of housing for World War II veterans and army servicemen, attended the inauguration of Nissan’s Russian plant and visited the Izhorskiye Zavody (Izhora Plants) Joint Stock Company and met with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in St Petersburg.
The Deputy Prime Minister continued: "Despite the complicated economic conditions today in the country, we are seeing serious interest in the Olympics among sponsors and investors." He said that today, thanks to investors' resources "the Organising Committee has a significant financial surplus of 4 billion roubles."
Events for 1 june 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Government Presidium meeting
"And despite the complicated position regarding boosting the budget, state support programmes will continue to be implemented in 2009. 200 million roubles have been set aside for interest rate subsidy on loans for the purchase of raw materials, and 90 million roubles for credit on technological upgrades".
