Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting
Participants in the meeting discussed the foundations of the budget policy for 2012 and for the planned period of 2013-2014. Vladimir Putin pointed out that this is the first truly post-crisis budget. “We are getting additional opportunities for resolving long-term strategic objectives," he said. "In this sense, the submitted budget is a development budget designed to stimulate quality growth and modernise the economy.”
“Our cities have been through all the ups and downs of the past centuries, as well as the most dramatic event of the 20th century – World War II. They sustained terrible destruction and losses, but recovered. Now they are forging ahead and looking towards the future.”
Events for 6 july 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin
The two officials discussed the capital’s socio-economic development in the first half of the year, in particular the transition of schools to a new funding and pay system and the issue of transport, one of the city’s most critical problems, according to the prime minister. They also discussed topics related to housing construction and expanding Moscow’s municipal boundaries.
