“It is clear that bad roads objectively hinder Russia’s economic development and are having a negative impact on safety and the environment. Of course, we have been working recently to improve the situation. We have gathered good speed in road building, even in spite of the crisis.”
Events for 28 may 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a working meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov
Vladimir Putin agreed to lift the grain export ban from July 1, 2011. He also instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Zubkov to provide every support possible to Russian agricultural producers through the difficult period of sowing and harvesting.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a working meeting with head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov
The meeting focused on the results of the republic’s social and economic development in the first quarter of 2011. The agenda included agriculture, preparation for the 2013 Universiade in Kazan and housing construction, as well as major automobile manufacture projects
Events for 27 may 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on taxation in the gas industry
“We need to create the conditions that allow our tax system, our tax mechanism, to respond to shifting market dynamics promptly and in a most timely manner. This is very important, and at the same time I will point out the fact that the primary objectives for our gas companies deal with meeting the demands of the domestic market…”
The discussion focused on establishing an agency merging the functions of the Federal Service for Financial Markets and the Federal Service for Insurance Supervision
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes questions from the press
“The most important thing is to seek out new people with fresh and interesting ideas that the country needs. On the whole, the process is going as we expected,” Mr Putin said about the formation of the Russian Popular Front.
