Sergei Mironov who, in his words, represents not only the Federation Council but also the A Just Russia party, said at the meeting that his party colleagues were drafting “some additional proposals” for the second reading of the draft budget. The prime minister noted that he had instructed government members to work constructively with all State Duma political parties, including A Just Russia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency Valentin Uiba
Valentin Uiba informed the prime minister about efforts in his field to support high-performance sports, while the prime minister asked about progress on the project to establish a Nuclear Technology Centre in Dimitrovgrad, designed, in part, to handle difficult medical cases.
Events for 5 october 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in the investment forum Russia Calling
“The global economic downturn was a serious test for Russia. But the lessons learnt from it vindicated the path we chose, while our pre-emptive accumulation of reserves, our responsible macroeconomic policy and our successful anti-crisis programme helped to cushion the impact of the economic downturn for our people and the business community alike, and helped us relatively rapidly return to growth.”
“France is a principal partner to us,” the prime minister said at the meeting. He also highlighted the favourable results of the Year of France in Russia and the Year of Russia in France.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Government Presidium
"In the remaining months of this year, the budget will receive 91 billion roubles in extra revenues. Apart from this, some government agencies have managed to save funds which were already allocated in some areas, such as debt management, and also through optimising work in general. In connection with this, I would ask you to draft a number of amendments to the current 2010 budget in order to resolve some urgent issues, without waiting until January."
