Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with President of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin
The focus of the meeting was VTB Bank’s performance during the first quarter of 2010, specifically its loan portfolio and interest rates. Bank chairman Andrei Kostin told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the bank’s interest rates had been significantly reduced, now averaging slightly over 11%.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Valery Shantsev, governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
Prime Minster Vladimir Putin noted that industrial growth in the Nizhny Novgorod Region is almost three times higher than the national average. Moreover, the employment situation is improving, with the number of job openings exceeding the number of officially registered unemployed by 7,000. At the same time, as the prime minister observed, “wage arrears have increased slightly.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Minister of Transport Igor Levitin
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs government resolutions granting participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War the right to free transportation with one attendant during celebrations of the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Events for 28 april 2010
“The Caspian Sea is a testing ground for Russian oil and gas companies. Here, they can gain experience in the integrated development of offshore fields and test new technology for oil exploration and production. I have confidence that they’ll be able to capitalise on this unique experience when they embark on the full-scale development of the fields on the continental shelf. This is one of the challenges we’ll need to meet to keep oil and gas production stable in the long run.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Astrakhan Region Governor Alexander Zhilkin
Prime Minister Putin and Governor Alexander Zhilkin focused on the positive economic growth experienced by the Astrakhan Region in the first quarter of this year, as well as housing construction and renovation. Governor Zhilkin reported that approximately five thousand families moved out of dilapidating and hazardous housing over the last three years, and roughly 46% of housing stock for the entire region has been repaired this year.
