Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talks with workers at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works
“We need to expand the realm of possibilities open to public organisations and small parties, enabling them to put forward their representatives and their concepts for how the municipality, region or nation, and the relevant levels of power and management should develop. That is why I proposed that we establish the Popular Front, which has the potential to become just such a broad platform – where people can present their ideas as well as the people who generated these ideas, giving them the chance to advocate them via United Russia’s existing channels to these power structures.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Chelyabinsk Region Governor Mikhail Yurevich
The prime minister and the governor discussed the performance of the Chelyabinsk Region in the first half of the year. Particular attention was paid to housing construction, problems with housing and utilities, and agriculture. They also discussed the modernisation of the healthcare system, the state of rural roads, courtyard beautification, and the situation with kindergartens in the region.
Events for 14 july 2011
“I’d like to see the agency become an effective instrument for broadening your opportunities, for those who want to promote their ideas, who are willing and eager to carry out and accomplish what they consider important for themselves, their business and the country in general.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Government Presidium meeting
As the prime minister noted at the meeting, Russia continues to see positive trends in its labour market, with unemployment dropping from 5.8 million to 4.6 million people.
“What happened to the Bulgaria on July 10 shook the entire nation without exaggeration. So many victims, so many children lost their lives. It’s horrible that we have to pay so high a price for someone’s irresponsibility, carelessness, greed and gross violation of safety rules.”
