Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Russian Railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin
Vladimir Putin announced at the meeting that he signed an executive order appointing Vladimir Yakunin to a new four-year term. The meeting focused on plans for the development of railways in Russia, including high-speed rail. Mr Yakunin also outlined plans for the development of the Northern Railway to Murmansk and a passenger rail ring around Moscow, which will partly solve Moscow's traffic problem.
“The way the nation is developing depends primarily on its citizens, their initiative and desire to improve life in their home village, town, district, city and country, on the quality and effectiveness of the local governments, which are directly involved in the people’s lives. Russia begins exactly here, at the local level of government”.
“The Mordovian and Russian peoples are closely bound by their history and enormous shared heritage. It is crucial that current and future generations understand this and appreciate everything we have amassed over centuries.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Head of the Republic of Mordovia Nikolai Merkushkin
At the meeting, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Head of the Republic of Mordovia Nikolai Merkushkin discussed the socio-economic development of the region. Mr Merkushkin reported on the situation in housing construction, education, and health services, while the prime minister congratulated him upon the opening of a perinatal centre that he described as a breakthrough in Mordovian healthcare.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the government presidium
At the meeting, Vladimir Putin gave special attention to the work of the Strategic Initiatives Agency. Recalling that one of the agency’s core tasks is to remove bureaucratic barriers, the prime minister proposed to introduce administrative liability for federal officials who violate the standards and procedures of the provision of public services, and later to extend such liability to regional and local authorities.