The meeting focused on power supply recovery efforts in the regions hit by extreme weather. According to Nikolai Shvets, “currently the power supply has been restored to our specifications and is operating normally”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Tomsk Region Governor Viktor Kress
The governor reported to the prime minister that the Tomsk Region had a budget surplus last year and planned to increase oil and gas production in 2011. Education and healthcare in the West Siberian region were among the issues discussed at the meeting.
“Our main task here is to structure the work of staff and officials at every level so that they are attuned to the interests of society.”
Vladimir Putin meets with citizens at the United Russia office in Orenburg
A wide range of issues were discussed, including maternity benefits, reconstruction of Sergei Aksakov’s Estate Museum, giving schools the status of autonomous institutions and agricultural subsidies.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Orenburg Region Governor Yury Berg
They discussed the results of the region’s social and economic development in 2010. Industrial output grew by 6.4% and electricity production by 17%. Unemployment is the lowest in the Volga Federal District. Average income, however, remains low, especially in agriculture.