Vladimir Putin's opening remarks:

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,

Today we will continue our work to define spending priorities for various sectors in the 2011-2013 budget by discussing our plans for transport and industry.

A large share of investment spending is concentrated in these two sectors, and the speed and quality of Russia's economic recovery depends directly on this spending.

We are now seeing a significant increase in industrial production. From January through May 2010, industrial output grew by 10.3% compared to the same period last year. We need to decide which support measures to suspend and which to continue.

On this point, I would like to mention measures to stimulate car sales, especially the car scrappage programme, which has had some success.  I've said this many times, and I'll repeat it once again: many regions enjoy conditions that support this programme, but others do not. We must improve the tools we use in our work with ordinary people. But for industry, primarily the auto industry, this programme has certainly been successful. We have decided to increase the programme's funding by 10 billion roubles, which will help sell another 200,000 cars.

Today I would like to hear from the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the timetable for this programme and the budget spending schedule. I would also like to hear about other ways to support the car industry in the future.

Next: we have competitive solutions in the aviation industry. The United Aircraft Corporation plans to triple its production of civil aircraft between 2011 and 2013, which marks a transition from producing to order to mass production.

In order to implement these large-scale plans, we will have to modernise aircraft plants. We either have or are designing similar development projects in other industries as well.

Third: we will also examine the proposal made by the Ministry of Transport on budget allocations for building and repairing roads, airports and other infrastructure, including infrastructure built for the Sochi Olympics and the APEC summit in Vladivostok.

We've already spoken about the fundamental changes in our approach to road construction. It will take some time to refine and coordinate these proposals, but we must continue funding the most important construction sites on the basis of the existing budget funding model.

Next: we also have social obligations in transport, meaning transport subsidies for certain groups of people. There is a lot of demand for the flight benefits programme for people living in Siberia, the Far East, and cities where the only available transport is air transport.

And lastly, ensuring transport security remains a priority. We must prepare a transport security programme and allocate the necessary funding in the 2011-2013 budget.

Let's get to work.