The meeting focused on the current socio-economic situation in the region, primarily the problem of resettling people living in dilapidated housing. Mr Kozhemyako requested an additional 500-600 million in government allocations for the programme to resettle tenants living in substandard housing along the Baikal Amur Railway. Prime Minister Putin promised to instruct the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry for Regional Development to once again estimate the programme’s costs. The governor said that the regional economy is gaining momentum in all major sectors.