During the meeting, the prime minister announced that he has signed a government resolution authorising an additional 10 billion roubles to finance the second stage of the used car scrappage programme.
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.
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.