Events for 1 may 2010
Events for 30 april 2010
“We see how complicated decision-making is in Ukraine, but it’s encouraging… that the new Ukrainian government not only articulates and clearly expresses its demands, but also follows through on its decisions at home,” said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced today that he has signed a Russian government resolution setting the export duty on gas at zero. “So all conditions necessary to implement the agreements reached are in place,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said before mentioning one last suggestion: “We talked about integration in the nuclear sector, and we are ready to do the same in the gas sector: to merge Gazprom with the national joint-stock company Naftohaz Ukrainy”.
Events for 29 april 2010
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.
