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Events for 4 january 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov, his manager Oksana Kosachenko, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson and Russian Technologies State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov

The meeting covered Vitaly Petrov’s signing of a new contract with the Renault team and Russian companies’ continuing financial support for him.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a working meeting with Transport Minister Igor Levitin

Igor Levitin reported back to the prime minister on progress made in the rescue of fishing vessels that are ice-bound in the Sea of Okhotsk. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also spoke with the captains of the Admiral Makarov icebreaker and the Sodruzhestvo fish processing vessel over the phone, who described the current situation.

Events for 1 january 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov, Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko and IDGC Holding’s Director General Nikolai Shvets

Prime Minister Putin was informed by Mr Gromov, Mr Shmatko and Mr Shvets that electricity had been fully restored in Moscow Region communities. However, new outages occurred in the night on New Year’s day, but electricity there “is being restored on schedule,” according to IDGC Holding’s director general. During the meeting, the prime minister spoke with Nizhny Novgorod Governor Valery Shantsev on the phone regarding outages in some locations in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Minister of Transport Igor Levitin

The discussion focused on vessels trapped in ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. The minister of transport also reported to the prime minister on response efforts following the emergency in Moscow airports and on measures taken to avoid similar situations in the future. Vladimir Putin instructed Mr Levitin to closely monitor the situation in airports and report back on January 2 on efforts to rescue the fishers.

Events for 31 december 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a working meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin

The meeting was dedicated to the results of this year in the capital, the city’s social problems as well as plans to construct new metro stations. They focused on the situation caused by extreme weather conditions this year.

Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov, Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko and IDGC Holding’s Director General Nikolai Shvets

The discussion focused on restoring electricity in Moscow Region towns dealing with outages due to bad weather. At the end of the meeting, Vladimir Putin told his interlocutors, “Divide the towns between the three of you, go there and explain to people what is going on and when things will get back to normal. And please report back on the results of your work by the morning.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Russian Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev and sculptor Vladimir Surovtsev

The conversation covered the project to erect a monument in central Paris commemorating Russian soldiers. Culture Minister Avdeyev explained that this project stems from an agreement between the Russian and French prime ministers.