Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Government Presidium meeting

“Generally, I must note that this is the first sizable increase in military salaries and pensions in contemporary Russia. Moreover, salaries will be adjusted for inflation. You know that one of our priorities is ensuring a decent quality of life for Russian citizens, and this includes military personnel and their families. The necessary funds for the increase in military salaries and pensions are planned for in the federal budget.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in the Conference of the United Russia Party

“It is obvious that what the Russian citizens want above all is justice in the broadest sense of that word. The country must develop for the people and not at the expense of the people. Every decision we make and every step we take must meet the interests of the absolute majority of our country’s citizens. The fundamental principle of any transformations and reforms is to take care of the people, which means preserving and fostering Russia’s future, creating Russia’s future.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the leaders of the United Russia parliamentary party in the State Duma

“The government agencies and the United Russia parliamentary party in the State Duma certainly wanted the best for the people. I don’t think that they have achieved the best results in all of their undertakings, but their efforts can be assessed on the whole as satisfactory.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Government Presidium

“It looks like we will have a surplus budget,” the prime minister said at the meeting. The minister of economic development and acting minister of finance confirmed that they expect a surplus budget this year.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the international conference, Thinking of Taxes in a New Way

"The government’s policy is to consistently increase our treasury revenues, not only by increasing the overall tax burden on people and economic players, but also by improving the quality of tax administration, encouraging economic development and ensuring the necessary rate of economic growth, thereby expanding the tax base."

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Francois Fillon, hold joint news conference

“I’m convinced that today’s talks, the constructive discussion at the commission meeting and the adopted decisions will create new opportunities for further advancing the Russia-France dialogue,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with representatives of the German business community

“Even in the period of global turbulence we are preserving the economic growth, stability of major macro economic indicators and serious financial reserves. In the January-September 2011 our GDP increased by 4.2%. By the start of next year we are planning to fully overcome the crisis decline in the economy. In fact, we have already overcome it.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the plenary session of the National Forum of Rural Intelligentsia

“We’ll be able to breathe new life into the Russian countryside, making our rural communities powerful and prosperous, only if we ensure high social standards.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends the Sberbank International Financial Conference, marking the bank's 170th anniversary

“Millions of Russians see Sberbank as a symbol of reliability and stability, and there are, of course, good reasons for this trust, first among them being how consistently customer-orientated the bank is.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Government Presidium meeting

“As we have said more than once, the regional authorities must always keep watch over utility rates in order to prevent anyone from getting their hands into customers’ pockets.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, now on a working visit to Arkhangelsk, visits the Sevmash Production Association and inspects the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Alexander Nevsky

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in an expanded meeting of the SCO heads of government

“With our combined efforts we will be able to bring the work of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to a whole new level and achieve the ambitious goal of transforming our organisation into a foundational structure of the global economic and political architecture, an effective platform for cooperation between regional associations and an avenue for expanding dialogue with neighbouring countries.”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Nenets Autonomous Area Governor Igor Fyodorov

The governor reported to the prime minister on several indicators such as GRP per capita and budget. The area is one of the top economic regions in the country. Housing construction is developing quite well. Other issues discussed at the meeting are social programmes for healthcare, school and preschool education.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Government Presidium

“The Government will continue largely to adhere to the limitation of the growth rate of inflation. The burden of developing the industry cannot be passed on to the consumer. We must consider the interests of the entire economy. And this means that the emphasis should be placed on market-based instruments for financing investments...”

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets in Kaliningrad with representatives of WWII veterans’ organisations, as well as retired military and law-enforcement servicemen

“Our primary task will be to significantly raise allowances and pensions to military personnel.”

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During his working visit to Veliky Novgorod, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Novgorod Water Treatment Plant's first stage pumping station, which supplies water to the entire city

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