Events for 2 march 2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with editors-in-chief of leading foreign media outlets
“We are pursuing a peaceful policy without any exaggeration or loud words, and we would like to see the world resort to force as little as possible when trying to settle complicated and even controversial international conflicts. (…) “Our biggest problem today is the economic and financial divide in society and the fact that a large number of people still live below the poverty line. Still, over the past years we have reduced the number of people living below the poverty line by half. I believe that, all in all, this is not a bad result.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin
The participants of the meeting discussed ways of using the 16.5 billion roubles saved by the Ministry of Regional Development. Vladimir Putin suggested spending half of the amount on providing housing to Chernobyl survivors. The remaining amount, according to the prime minister, should go partly towards assisting internally displaced persons and partly towards young scientists.
Events for 1 march 2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a Government Presidium meeting
The Russian government will allocate 350 million roubles for the relocation of the residents of a building in Astrakhan that collapsed following a gas explosion, and 36 million roubles to pay compensation to the victims, Vladimir Putin said.
