Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of Vnesheconombank Vladimir Dmitriyev
During the meeting lending to the economy and the agenda of the next supervisory board meeting were discussed.
“I am determined that our main goal today is to bolster the positive developments that have been achieved thanks to the national projects, and to use an active social policy both as a tool to improve the living standards of our citizens and an effective anti-crisis measure.”
“We must create every condition for overcoming the crisis and set up a reliable basis for further economic development. That is what we should proceed from in final decision-making. We have to renounce all minor goals of this and next year.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Andrei Kostin, head of Vneshtorgbank (VTB)
Mr Putin and Mr Kostin focused on efforts to expand lending to the non-financial sectors of the economy and on “bad” assets and debts.
The meeting included discussions on regional budget stabilisation, the Murmansk transport hub and operations and unemployment in the region.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila visited a concert of iconic Russian jazz singer Larisa Dolina in Sochi.
“Despite this year's hostile financial climate, Gazprom has kept construction work on Olympic sites on schedule, and has set up the right conditions to ensure that these Olympic projects are constructed and commissioned on time,” said Mr Zubkov, opening the meeting. “Every day we undertake painstaking work on the effective use of allocated resources to ensure that we achieve this,” he added.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Abkhazia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, on a working visit in Abkhazia, met with President Sergei Bagapsh of Abkhazia, after which they gave a news conference. A little later, Mr Putin met with the Elders Council of Abkhazia and representatives of the opposition. At the end of the visit, the sides signed an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Government of the Russian Federation on the rendering of aid to Abkhazia in social and economic development.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s interview with Abkhazian media
“We said it many times to the present Georgian leadership. I personally called on them to have patience and to win respect, prestige and trust both in Abkhazia and in South Ossetia. And it is only in this way – I believe it now and said as much at that time – that their territorial integrity could be achieved.”