Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Russian Popular Front Coordination Council

“The proposal deals with establishing a non-governmental association based on the organisations, political parties and citizens that share common values connected with love of the country, improvement of people’s standards of living, strengthening of Russia’s power, and the search for just solutions in the social sphere.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends United Russia’s interregional conference titled “Strategies for the Socio-Economic Development of Southern Russia up to 2020. The 2011-2012 Programme”

At the conference, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for the creation of a national people’s front, “so that all people, who together strive for the welfare of the nation and the best possible solutions to the problems that face it, may be united under a single aegis.”

Prime Minister Putin holds a meeting with Volgograd Region Governor Anatoly Brovko

The meeting covered the results of the first quarter, with a particular focus on housing construction and, above all, improved housing for WWII veterans. According to the governor, 1,111 people, or 90% of all veterans, had received new housing.

On a working visit to Volgograd, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the Battle of Stalingrad open-air state memorial museum, where he met with veterans of the Great Patriotic War

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Government Presidium meeting

“The main thing we expect from the integration of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is further rapprochement between the countries, the strengthening of their economic potential and improved living standards for their citizens. I am convinced that this powerful new integration project could dramatically change the geopolitical configuration of the Eurasian space and promote unification processes in all the CIS countries.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the government commission on the socio-economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District in Yessentuki

“The federal programme for the development of the North Caucasus must become a major instrument in resolving the region’s socio-economic issues, supporting business, launching new production lines, forming a modern social infrastructure, and reducing unemployment, which has become the main social headache in the region.”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Rashid Temrezov, head of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic

The two officials discussed issues related to agro-industrial and industrial production and the development of tourism in the region, including the Arkhyz project. Moreover, the prime minister highlighted the situation in the construction sector and the education modernisation programme in Karachayevo-Circassia.