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.”
“Ingushetia, like the other North Caucasus republics, has not been affected by the crisis as severely [as other Russian regions]. But nevertheless the situation is difficult, above all as regards employment.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov
The economic situation and the construction sector, notably the construction of the "people's garages" parking system in Moscow, were discussed at the meeting. Issues concerning defrauded investors and support for disabled people were also discussed.
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.”
The future development of Russia's gas sector, Gazprom's activities in particular, and the company's cooperation with the metalworking industry were discussed at the meeting.
During his visit to the youth camp, the Prime Minister familiarised himself with the best projects presented at the forum.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talked with participants in the Seliger-2009 National Youth Forum
"I did get to hear is testament to the fact that young people are thinking about the country’s problems, they are thinking about how to solve them, and they are putting forward their proposals. Sometimes they are the most simple, but I think, very effective, solutions. This also goes for selecting the projects, attracting investors, and tackling various problems that confront society, from the fight against corruption to medicine."
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.