Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working visit to the Siberian Federal District, descended to the bottom of Lake Baikal aboard the deep-sea submersible Mir and told journalists about his descent to the bottom of Lake Baikal aboard the Mir-1 submersible and answered questions. Than Prime Minister held a meeting on environmental protection and security and visited the Baikal Museum at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Listvyanka village.
Events for 31 july 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Khabarovsk Territory
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived in the Far Eastern Federal District on a working trip, took part in a ceremony of beginning the construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline and set the process of welding the first joint.
Events for 30 july 2009
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.”
Events for 29 july 2009
“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.”
Events for 28 july 2009
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.”
