Prime Minister Vladimir Putin leads a meeting of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council

“The companies represented in the council have invested almost $100 billion in Russia. We appreciate this attitude from our partners, their confidence in the enormous prospects of the Russian market, and the fact that they did not retreat in the face of the crisis and are ready to continue working together. This makes us confident that our cooperation will be as successful as before, and maybe even better.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the United Russia party leadership

“The goals we are setting for ourselves are aimed at overcoming the effects of the economic downturn as soon as possible, modernising the economy and the social sphere, and improving our citizens’ life. This is the logic underpinning the draft federal budget for next year,” the prime minister said during the meeting.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin

The prime minister and the Taxation Service head focused on the implementation of the tax collection plan. Mr Mishuistin told the prime minister that tax collection in January-September 2010 grew 29% year on year, which, he said, signifies Russia’s continued emergence from the crisis.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila participate in the National Population Census

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus

“The main goal and purpose of our work is to improve the prosperity and the standard of living of the people of Russia and Belarus, the Union State, and to create new opportunities for our people.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the heads of government of the member states of the Customs Union

“The main thing is that we all understand the enormous opportunities the Common Economic Space will create and that we all have a stake in the successful implementation of this project.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov hold a joint new conference following talks

“Today, during our complicated discussions, we managed to reach acceptable, coordinated solutions on the most difficult issues. This gives me hope that it will be much easier to make progress than it has been,” the Russian prime minister said.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov

“I hope very much that we will continue to respond in a timely manner to everything that is happening in our economies; that we will share experience, respond with practical measures <…> and help each other,” said the Russian prime minister at the meeting.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Hugo Chavez

The conversation covered a wide range of relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, “We are very pleased to have such a reliable partner in Latin America”