In the run-up to the Russian Youth Day celebrations, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Yakemenko discussed youth policy priorities for the near future, the agency’s work with troubled adolescents and gifted youth, and the agency’s relations with other government ministries and agencies in terms of implementing youth policy.
Events for 25 june 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev
Mr Tuleyev reported on the implementation of the prime minister’s directives to raise the average wage in the coal industry. Mr Putin and Mr Tuleyev also discussed welfare issues in the region, including health services, construction of welfare facilities and a programme to tear down dilapidated and structurally unsound housing stock.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources Marina Seliverstova discussed Russia’s water management strategy, which was put in place a year ago, as well as the ministry’s efforts to monitor flooding. They also discussed the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and head of the Federal Insurance Supervision Service Alexander Koval discussed reforms to improve oversight of financial institutions, as well as the possible effects of such legislation. Vladimir Putin said the new legislation must safeguard the interests of people in matters of life and property insurance, but should not be an additional obstacle for the growth of the insurance industry.
Events for 24 june 2010
“This is a very unfortunate situation, because this conflict is with a republic, with a country with which Russia has special relations. And I would like to say that our Belarusian partners are getting Russian gas at rock-bottom prices. No other consumer pays less for Russian natural gas – no one,” said Mr Putin during the meeting.
