Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds meeting with the leaders of the United Russia Party
“I am confident that, in the long run, this will allow us to make more effective use of Russia’s competitive advantages on the international market and, naturally, to develop the domestic market,” the Prime Minister said, speaking about Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation. At the same time, he noted that specific measures would be implemented in order to mitigate some of the problems associated with Russia’s accession to the WTO.
“I think that in recent years we have significantly strengthened the potential of Russian-Cuban relations,” Dmitry Medvedev said, adding that “we must exploit the potential of our relations carefully and rationally.”
Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting of Vnesheconombank’s Supervisory Board
“The bank will invest about 2 trillion roubles, almost 2.5% of GDP, in the Russian economy until the end of 2015.”
“The government has no right to ignore any appeal; all appeals must be examined and decided upon. Clean-up operations must begin as soon as possible.”
“Bereaved families will each be issued 1 million roubles from the federal budget and 1 million roubles from the budgets of both the Krasnodar Territory and the Pskov Region,” Dmitry Medvedev said. He added that “one-off payments will be provided to compensate for the loss of property.”
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a government meeting
Dmitry Medvedev states the need for the creation of the national budget website. Medvedev said: “Our people have the right to know how the state funds are spent, how the federal budget is formed and how the federal budget funds are spent.”
The prime minister believes that “it is necessary to search for new development and growth points, which will eventually determine the potential of Kamchatka, the Far East and Eastern Siberia for the next 30-50 years”