Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a Government meeting

“Today we are drafting the budget in the complicated conditions of a global economic crisis. Of course, we must take this into account. Since there are many elements of uncertainty, it is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to plan a three-year budget in detail. But it would be unwise to abandon the system of medium-term budget planning.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Government Commission on Budget Estimates for the Following Fiscal Year and Planning Period

“In 2010, we intend to improve, albeit modestly, the main macroeconomic indicators, achieve a positive growth of the GDP, industrial production, and agriculture, as well as stabilise real incomes of the population. In a word, we are planning to switch to post-crisis development.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Natalya Solzhenitsyn

“In a few days’ time, it will be one year since the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. On his approaching anniversary, I would like to return to something we discussed with Alexander Solzhenitsyn some time ago. I would like to talk about publicising and studying his literary legacy.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Supervisory Board of Vnesheconombank (VEB)

“For the last few months, VEB has been playing a major role as the Government’s agent in implementing anti-crisis measures. We have items linked with this work on today’s agenda; for instance, a proposal to give a 75 billion-rouble subordinated loan to Gazprombank.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressed the Seliger-2009 Forum

“Representatives from a most diverse range of youth organisations have gathered here today. These are people who have their own opinions about the challenges we face in our country's development and in the development of science and education. These people differ in many ways. But there is something that unites us all. It is something that we have, you and I, inherited, and each one of us is a part of it. And that is, of course, our country.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Chelyabinsk Region

During a visit to the Chelyabinsk Region, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended symbolic commissioning of Russia’s only mill producing heavy-gauge plate at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium

“We propose to introduce fixed mineral extraction tax rates for coal, and envisage the pattern of their annual adjustment to market prices. To reduce the accident rate, a tax rebate will be introduced to increase labour safety expenditures.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the banking system

“Our task is to support businesses with realistic production plans. I am referring to the real sector of the economy, to industries that manufacture products in demand, but that are facing difficulties today because of dramatic changes in the business environment.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the guidelines of budgetary policy and the federal budgetary blueprint for 2010 and the 2011-2012 planning period

“In 2010, pensions must grow 45.9%, with the average old-age retirement pension exceeding 8,000 roubles. The criteria for calculating the amount will become fairer and take into account an individual’s actual labour contribution.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Chairman of Vnesheconombank, Vladimir Dmitriev

Progress in implementing the bank's projects, and its use of received resources were discussed at the meeting.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Yury Petrov, head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management

Mr Putin and Mr Petrov discussed ways to improve management of state property.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with Valentin Uiba, Head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency

Mr Putin and Mr Uiba discussed efforts to overhaul the blood supply service.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with leaders of the Federation Council

“I would like to emphasise that next year we expect to report positive dynamics of the majority of macroeconomic indices. We will also work to resume the growth of GDP and industrial production.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government Presidium

“Under the programmes of resettlement from hazardous dwellings, we must give people only separate apartments. Needless to say, we have definite standards, and they should be observed.However, as I have already said, it would be wrong to sell the purchased flats in order to abide by these standards or create new communal apartments. ”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to St. Petersburg

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a speech at the award ceremony for the participants in the first, Gdynya-St. Petersburg stage of the international regatta of training sailing ships, the Tall Ships' Races - Baltic 2009

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Vladimir Milovidov, head of the Federal Service for Financial Markets

Mr Putin and Mr Milovidov discussed efforts to strengthen the legal framework and the current financial market situation.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Republic of Karelia

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Valaam Island, where he made a tour of the Valaam Monastery together with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with US President Barack Obama

“The history of relations between Russia and the United States has been long-standing, with many occasions and events of different colour: there have been years of absolute flourishing of our bilateral relations; there have also been rather grey days between our two countries and even confrontation. With you we associate all our hopes for the development of Russian-US relations.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Rostov Region

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working trip to Rostov-on-Don, visited the Rostselmash plant, which manufactures harvesters, tractors, and other agricultural machinery.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Krasnodar Territory

During his visit to the Krasnodar Territory, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inspected the progress of harvesting in the Vyselki village and the field kitchen in the wheat fields of the Agrocomplex Company. He held a meeting on the preparations for and the start of the grain harvesting season in 2009, and met with Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev. On completing his visit to the Krasnodar Territory, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went to see the Ice Palace of the Sports Complex in the village of Vyselki, and also replied to questions from journalists.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov

The Prime Minister and his deputy discussed unemployment in single-industry towns and the situation on the Russian labour market

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov

The two officials discussed the progress in the Ust-Luga seaport construction and the situation in Russia’s road-maintenance.

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