Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Russian Popular Front Coordination Council
“The idea of the Russian Popular Front is to give a fresh impetus to Russia’s political and economic life, to ensure that new ideas burgeon at the regional, municipal and federal level and unconventional solutions are found to problems facing cities, regions and Russia as a whole.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Government meeting
“The government’s position remains unchanged: responsible budgetary policy and what is called living within our means. Therefore we expect that by the end of the three-year period, by 2014, we will have cut the federal budget deficit by half, to about 0.7% of GDP”.
Events for 20 september 2011
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko
The two officials discussed the modernisation of secondary school education and regional efforts to increase teachers’ salaries. The prime minister, who had earlier ordered an increase in teachers’ salaries to match the average wage for the regional economy, said that these efforts should continue until the desired effect is reached nationwide.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Voronezh Region Governor Alexei Gordeyev
The meeting focused on social issues, such as wage increases in education, the situation on the labour market and the provision of healthcare services, in particular in rural areas. The prime minister instructed the governor to ensure that the region’s social agencies take good care of senior citizens in need of assistance.
