Events for 20 november 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Mikhail Mishustin, head of the Federal Tax Service
The prime minister congratulated the staff of the Federal Tax Service on the service’s 20th anniversary, and expressed hope that it can continue to meet the challenges of today and reflect the interests of the state to the utmost. In turn, Mikhail Mishustin reported on the agency's results for the first 10 months of this year. He said that, to date, the tax collecting plan for the budget is 87% implemented.
Events for 19 november 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a limited attendance meeting of CIS delegation heads
“We are moving in the right direction and using the right methods,” Vladimir Putin said at the limited attendance meeting of CIS delegation heads.
Opening the meeting, Vladimir Putin pointed out that CIS countries managed to perform fairly well in trade and economic relations during the difficult post-crisis year. To encourage direct ties between production facilities, companies and regions the prime minister also suggested setting up exhibition halls for CIS member states at the Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow, thus reviving the old and, as he believes, useful tradition.
“The main thing is that our decisions help our companies cooperate in a wide range of industries and use the advantages of integration to pursue new joint projects.”
“The Eurasian economic community is the undisputed leader of integration in the post-Soviet space. Over its 10-year history, EurAsEC has become a mature and influential regional organisation.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends meeting of the Customs Union’s governing board
“The business community and investors, including foreign ones, now have the sense that the Customs Union has become a reality. They’ve come to believe in its potential, and they are creating their development plans around the new opportunities that it offers for integration.”
