“Our main objective must be the radical modernisation of defence production facilities. New Armed Forces are impossible without a new defence industry. We must do everything in our power to eliminate the dangerous disparity between the technological capacity of defence companies and the needs of the Armed Forces.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Alexander Volkov, president of Udmurtia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov discussed the implementation of the Housing for Young Families programme, which has improved the demographic situation in the republic and created more jobs in the labour market, an issue that Putin described as the “most pressing”.
Events for 4 april 2010
Events for 2 april 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez toured the ship in the company of its captain and visited the Krusenstern’s on-board exhibition in honour of the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Vladimir Putin visited the National Pantheon of Venezuela, where he laid a wreath at the tomb of Venezuelan national hero Simon Bolivar, received the key to the city of Caracas, and was declared an honoured guest of the Venezuelan capital
