Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a video conference to present the Strategic Initiatives Agency
“The primary aim of the Agency is to support those who have already achieved something, especially medium-sized businesses.”
Prime Minister Putin holds a meeting on drafting the federal budget for 2012 and 2013-2014
“Russia continues to see growth across all key industries. By 2012, we should fully offset the effects of the crisis. <…> We will need to adopt our first genuinely post-crisis budget and shift our focus to long-term goals.”