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
Events for 1 july 2009
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.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Education and Science Minister Andrei Fursenko
Mr Putin and Mr Fursenko discussed support for new children’s programmes, training of research and teaching personnel, and preparation of schools for the new school year.
Events for 30 june 2009
Mr Putin and Mr Shchegolev discussed the latest 11th World Congress of the Russian Press in Lucerne, Switzerland, as well as preparations toward digitising Russian television.
During the meeting, Mr Ivanov spoke in favour of reforming long-haul passenger train services, in particular because of their low profitability.
Viktor Zubkov believes that investors are still interested in agriculture because in the last few years the Government and the regional authorities have rendered substantial assistance to the agro-industrial complex. He said that recently the Government adopted a resolution to assist investors, agricultural companies and farmers to resolve housing problems in the countryside. The state will subsidize mortgage loans for agriculture workers, he specified.
