Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the Russian Railways (RZD) investment programme
“Development of railway transport is a long-term national goal. The government will continue funding railway development directly through the federal budget. At the same time, private businesses should also play an increasing role in the industry’s development.”
Events for 26 february 2010
During his visit to the Mendeleyev Tyumen Region Research Library, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was shown its cutting-edge capabilities. In particular, he browsed the library’s archives using a touchpad navigation panel and toured a service centre, a supervised children’s room, and the Tyumen branch of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.
While on a working trip to the Tyumen Region, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Council on Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy to discuss the government’s effort on housing and education, in particular, the plan to reduce mortgage interest rates.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Judo Centre in Tyumen
“I have to mention what’s on everyone’s mind: the performance of our national Olympic team in Vancouver.We certainly hoped for more. <…> We must review our performance, draw our conclusions and perhaps change the way we do things. The goal of this review is to fix our problems and do what’s necessary to help our Olympic team train for and succeed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.”
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov addresses the 14th meeting of the Customs Union Commission
“Today we held the 14th meeting of the Customs Union Commission, where we discussed some of the most complex issues we have been preparing for several weeks, including the procedure for crediting on national accounts a certain proportion of revenues from import duties the member states receive on their respective territories. We also reached a final agreement on the Customs Code and outlined the procedure for drawing up agreements in the emerging single economic area.”
