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. ”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on economic problems
“Improvement or at least stabilisation of a majority of key economic indices is our goal. First of all, GDP must resume its growth—even if slowly at first. There is another vital goal, which directly concerns our population. That is the preservation of the present living standards, the creation of new jobs, and the fight against poverty.”
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
Mr Putin and Mr Milovidov discussed efforts to strengthen the legal framework and the current financial market situation.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Anatoly Perminov, head of the Federal Space Agency
Prime Minister Putin and Roscosmos head Perminov discussed the GLONASS project, in particular international cooperation in space exploration and development of electronic components for consumers’ ground-based equipment.