Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Government
“The primary goal of the budget policy for the immediate future is to ensure macroeconomic stability and to consistently reduce the budget deficit, which will amount to 3.2 trillion roubles in 2009 and should be halved to 1.6 trillion roubles by 2012.”
Events for 22 september 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with LUKoil president Vagit Alekperov
Vladimir Putin and Vagit Alekperov discussed LUKoil’s projects in Russia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow to worship before the Kursk Root Icon of the Apparition of the Mother of God, which is considered the most important relic for Orthodox Russians living abroad. Putin also spoke with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
The Russian Prime Minister and the architect of the Singaporean economic miracle discussed current problems of the world economy.
Events for 21 september 2009
“The investigation of the reasons for the accident has not been completed yet. I would not like to make premature statements, as this could influence the results of the investigation. It is above all for specialists, who, I hope, will work professionally, and reach their conclusions. A decision has been made to speed up the construction of the onshore spillway. I spoke about it during the meeting at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant. As much as 4.3 billion roubles will be allocated from the Government’s reserve for this purpose this year.”
