Yelena Skrynnik assured the prime minister that measures taken by the government would help to ensure that the country’s domestic demand for grain would be met even if “worst comes to the worst.”
During the video conference, the prime minister spoke with the widows of the miners and rescue workers killed in the Raspadskaya mine accident and discussed the status of relief efforts with the other meeting participants.
Events for 10 august 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov
The prime minister believes Moscow could help build new housing for people left homeless by the wildfires in one of Russia’s regions, for example in Ryazan.
“With the help of GLONASS we have launched two ambitious projects with a strong social focus: there will be a single emergency telephone number (112) which people can use to call rescue services, ambulances or the police and, as its logical extension, the Era-GLONASS urgent response service will be introduced for traffic accidents. Both aim to come to the rescue as soon as possible.”
