Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talks to reporters following his televised Q&A session
Talking with journalists Prime Minister Vladimir Putin summarised his recent question and answer session, Conversation with Vladimir Putin: Continued, and clarified his stance on particularly acute issues such as extremist sentiment in society, support for small businesses, and transport and infrastructure development. Mr Putin said that this televised Q&A format provides the government with an annual picture of public opinion and helps identify people’s most important concerns.
Events for 15 december 2010
“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.
Events for 14 december 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds talks with his Mongolian counterpart Sükhbaataryn Batbold
“We are moving in the right direction. There are three leaders in Russian-Mongolian cooperation: the Ulan Bator Railway and two mineral resources companies. We are also establishing relations with Mongolian partners in the nuclear sector. We have good plans.”
“Without a doubt, this visit has been very successful. Apart from the major projects that we discussed today, <…> we have settled a number of practical issues that open further avenues of cooperation to us,” said the Russian prime minister.
