Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting in Kaliningrad on housing for the military
“What service personnel and their dependants really need is not just ‘bare’ residential space or some standard housing, built to Soviet models, with the quality of decoration leaving much to be desired, but modern, comfortable facilities. Which is why I insist that only high-tech materials and equipment should be used in housing construction and that modern energy-efficiency and security standards be introduced.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Kaliningrad Region Governor Nikolai Tsukanov
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kaliningrad Governor Nikolai Tsukanov focused on plans to improve the region’s healthcare sector, lower utility prices, and support for agriculture
Events for 22 february 2011
“This document is of great practical importance. Its conclusions will form the basis for a socio-economic prognosis of our country’s development for the next twenty years and serve as a point of departure for formulating a long-term budget strategy, as well as state programmes in priority areas, such as demographics, education, healthcare, the modernisation of manufacturing industries, innovation, and economic integration with our neighbours.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Vnesheconombank Observation Council
“We began to shift priorities last year as the situation stabilised, with greater attention to long-term objectives of development, major investment projects for modernisation and re-equipment, and promotion of small businesses and mortgage loans – the key targets for this year.”
Events for 21 february 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov
Mr Putin and Mr Yevkurov discussed the socio-economic situation in Ingushetia, highlighting unemployment, which the prime minister said was the republic’s biggest problem. The Ingush president said that although targets had not been reached, unemployment had decreased by 4.9%.
