“VTB is a reliable partner of the Russian government. During the global financial crisis, VTB, like other systemically important Russian banks, played a significant role in the implementation of national anti-crisis measures and is now promoting the post-crisis recovery and modernisation of the economy.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Smolensk Region Governor Sergei Antufyev
The two leaders discussed the results of 2010, and, as the prime minister noted, the trends are positive, although some problems persist, such as the decline in housing construction. Major projects to promote the development of local industry, agriculture, and infrastructure were also considered.
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.
“Serious competition for investment and technology is unfolding in the modern post-crisis world. Surely, this race will be won by those creating the most comfortable conditions for investment, as well as honest and understandable rules without excessive bureaucratic barriers. It is also our task to create such an atmosphere.”
The head of AFK Sistema briefed the Prime Minister on the production of the first Russian 90 nanometre chip, which puts Russia on a par with Europe. Mr. Putin was shown the chip and the mobile phone in which it is installed. We have leapfrogged over several generations, the Prime Minister noted.
Events for 27 december 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds talks with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev
During the meeting, Prime Minister Putin pointed out that positive trends are emerging in the two countries’ trade and economic relations and that there are about eleven companies with Russian capital currently operating in Kyrgyzstan. “We hope that your government will create conditions that are conducive to their economic prosperity, above all for the good of Kyrgyzstan,” he said.
Vladimir Putin and Magomedsalam Magomedov discussed interethnic relations in Dagestan and across the country as a whole. As Mr Putin said, “There can be no doubt that interfaith and interethnic peace and accord are also fundamental preconditions for Russia’s very existence.”
