“We will continue to implement our plans for the development of the Far East. We will build new residential neighbourhoods, new seaports, new airports, roads, lay pipe systems, build new industrial clusters and educational centres, and this means that the Far East will have a wonderful future.”
“All of our agencies are functioning as they should in this situation. This includes both the tsunami warning system and the evacuation plan, plus the evacuation of people in tsunami-threatened areas. This also includes being prepared for any adverse developments related to the Japanese nuclear power stations. Everything worked.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Sakhalin Region Governor Anatoly Khoroshavin
The meeting’s agenda was focused on social programmes, particularly housing construction. Mr. Khoroshavin said this sector has been growing continuously, even during the crisis, with particular emphasis on social housing for state employees and young professionals.
“It is specifically the high-tech fuel and energy industry that can become an important area of support for the region's development and its integration into the Russian and global economy space, while helping to eliminate the existing infrastructure constraints to general development.”
Events for 18 march 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosts a teleconference on preparations for spring sowing
“This year we need to compensate as much as possible for the losses of the two previous lean years, create a stable grain balance and build up reserves. Moreover, grain is a basic resource for the development of cattle breeding and other areas of agriculture.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev
Mr Putin said that Russia will continue to provide the same large-scale assistance to Kyrgyzstan as before but added that the two countries “must shift to normal economic relations”. He said that this should be the main objective in relations between the two countries.
