19 january 2009

Background material for the January 19, 2008 Government presidium meeting

The Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation at its meeting on January 19, 2009 adopted the following decisions on the items on its agenda.

1. The preparation of an updated forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009 and parameters of the federal budget and the budgets of state off-budget funds of the Russian Federation for 2009

The Government took note of the briefing by the Minister of Economic Development on the preparation of an updated forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009.

The Government instructed:

• the Ministry of Economic Development to prepare an updated forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009, proceeding from the updated main parameters of the forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009;
• the Finance Ministry, proceeding from the updated forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009, to prepare updated parameters of the federal budget for 2009;
• the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development, proceeding from the updated forecast of the social and economic development of the Russian Federation for 2009, to prepare updated parameters of the budgets of state off-budget funds of the Russian Federation for 2009.

The above materials shall be duly submitted to the Government to be considered at its next meeting.

2. The draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Laws On State Pension Coverage and On State Civil Service in the Russian Federation

The Government of the Russian Federation approved the draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Laws On State Pension Coverage in the Russian Federation and On the Civil Service in the Russian Federation, and decided to submit the same to the State Duma.

3. The draft federal law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the Transit of Goods between the Customs Services of Both States

The Government approved the draft federal law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the Transit of Goods between the Customs Services of Both States Belarus, and decided to submit the same to the State Duma.

4. The signing of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cuba on Granting a State Loan to the latter

The Government passed a draft executive order on said issue.

5. The Allocation to the Government of the Stavropol Territory of Budget Appropriations from the Russian Government's Emergencies Reserve Fund

The Government passed a draft executive order on said issue.

6. The Allocation to the Government of the Amur Region of State Housing Certificates for Citizens Deprived of Housing as a Result of Flooding in the City of Zeya and the Village of Ovsyanka (Zeya District, Amur Region) in July of 2007

The Government passed a draft executive order on said issue.

January 28, 2009
Moscow

*Decisions on the items on the agenda are made with due account of the remarks and proposals expressed at the Government meeting and are issued as official documents of the Government.