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“What we have shown is that Russia has a civilised and effective system for regulating labour relations. In this dialogue, there is no place for confrontation, populism or unrealistic promises. Rather, it is marked by a determination to resolve all problems by negotiation and to seek out mutually acceptable solutions.”
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The discussion focused on the republic’s socioeconomic development in 2010, which the prime minister referred to as positive yet modest. One of the main issues raised at the meeting was the modernisation plan for the republic’s healthcare system, which, according to Mr Mamsurov, will include almost all the republic’s proposals.
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Concluding the meeting, the prime minister said that not everything in these harsh weather conditions depends on people but everything that does depend on people should be done.
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Yury Trutnev
Prime Minister Putin and Minister Trutnev discussed the situation in geological prospecting and the progress made on the development of new deposits in 2010. According to the minister, it can be stated definitely that the capacity of new deposits exceeds raw materials production rates of 2010, with record growth in reserve replacement ratio for oil.
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“The monument in the Poklonnaya Gora memorial park testifies to our respect for the heroism of our people and reflects our joint will and firm resolve to protect the truth about war heroes, to defend it from the cynics, barbarians and liars, and to stand up together against nationalism, xenophobia and extremism no matter what fine words are used to camouflage them.”
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin
Mr Putin and Mr Kudrin discussed the federal budget over 11 months of 2010, as well as the public-sector in the Russian regions.
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“Starting next year, we will launch a large-scale healthcare modernisation programme. About 25% of this programme’s allocations, or nearly 150 billion roubles, will be spent on children in the next two years. This is largely linked with women giving birth,” the Prime Minister said during the meeting.
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“We regard France and its business community as traditional and privileged partners that have proved their eagerness to cooperate with us in making modernisation initiatives a reality,” said Prime Minister Putin. In his turn, French Prime Minister Fillon noted that France is a major investor in Russia and he said that he intended to maintain this position and even strengthen it.
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“We must fundamentally modernise our pharmaceutical and medical industries. Basically, we’ll have to develop a new industry that will attract investment, generate innovations, create efficient jobs, and, most importantly, that will produce competitive, safe, high-quality and affordable products for our people and our health care system.”
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Transcript of the TV interview Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave to CNN’s Larry King
The Russian people unequivocally backed democracy in the early 90s. They will not be swayed from this path. No one should have any doubts on that score. This is in Russia’s own interests. And we will definitely continue along this path.
