"We see the advancement of the fishing industry as one of our key priorities. Despite the federal budget limits, we’ve decided to maintain spending on the federal targeted programme in the industry at the original level (over 32 billion roubles) and to extend [the programme] for one more year, through 2014."
During the meeting, President Yegor Borisov of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the republic’s economy is gaining momentum and is expected to reach pre-crisis levels in early 2011. In the social sphere, the situation is steadily improving as well, he said.