Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Government Presidium
“Above all else, the domestic farming industry must satisfy the needs of the Russian market and facilitate a proper balance, especially in terms of costs. We should only export surplus grain harvests. Proceeding from this logic, the government will gradually resume its measures of support with the goal of securing the position that our grain producers once held on the world markets. But I will repeat once more: our priority is domestic consumption.”
“It is expected that the additional budget revenue will exceed 800 billion roubles by the end of 2011. I would like to point out specifically that two-thirds of this amount come from what is called the non-oil-and-gas sector. This means that the industries that are not directly related to the production of oil and gas are doing well and generating more and more budget revenue.”
Events for 4 october 2011
The prime minister and the Agency head discussed the initial activities of the newly established Agency. According to Andrei Nikitin, the team has been fully formed and is actively engaged in a dialogue with the experts. The prime minister noted that it is high time to start selecting and managing projects.
