Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised to do everything in his power to find those responsible for the airport attack and ensure they pay for their crime.
Speaking to his Health and Social Development minister he insisted on the necessity to help those injured as much as possible, and provide material assistance to those who had lost members of their families.
Posts Tagged ‘Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’
Putin promises aid for bomb survivors
January 25th, 2011 |
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Putin orders 5% cut in Russian govt. staff
January 14th, 2011 |
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Russia’s federal government will lose 5% of its staff this year as part of a three-year program of cuts, RIA Novosti reported. The Russian news agency quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Russian Government Mandates Shift from Microsoft to Linux by 2015
December 30th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed an order mandating the Russian government and related agencies to move to using Linux and open-source software by 2015. – The
Russian government will transition its computer infrastructure from Microsoft
Windows to the Linux open-source operating by 2015, according to an order
signed by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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to a Dec. 27 article in the Russian-language
CNews, translated with Googl…
Putin calls DiCaprio “real man”
November 24th, 2010 |
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Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has received the ultimate accolade from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, RFE/RL reports. Putin, who cultivates a macho image, called DiCaprio “a real man” for coming to the ongoing summit on endangered tigers in St. Petersburg despite the fact that a fire on his first airliner forced an emergency landing in New York and strong headwinds forced his second plane to make an unscheduled fueling stop in Helsinki.
Russia, Venezuela sign deal on nuclear power plant
October 15th, 2010 |
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Russia and Venezuela signed on Friday an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country The agreement, signed during Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s visit to Moscow, was reached in April 2010 during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Caracas.
Russian export ban pushes wheat prices
August 6th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced that his government was introducing a ban on exports of wheat. This decision, to be implemented starting August 15, came as reports said that one-fifth of the country’s farmland was destroyed by either wildfires or drought.
Putin sets out new strategy for N. Caucasus
July 6th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined new initiatives to boost economic development in the restive North Caucasus, RFE/RL reports. Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region fueled by poverty, unemployment and corruption.
Russian Premier Putin arrives in Italy
April 26th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived late Sunday at Milan’s Malpensa airport, where he was met by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The two leaders were planning an informal dinner at Berlusconi’s villa.
Navy to speed up probe against officer in Gorkshov project: Antony
April 16th, 2010 |
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Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday said he has asked the Indian Navy to speed up the probe into allegations against an officer accused of “loose moral conduct” during his posting in Russia to oversee the re-fit of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
He said the navy has completed one part of the investigation against Commodore Sukhjinder Singh, [...]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski died today in plane crash in Russia
April 10th, 2010 |
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski lost his life today along with 87 other people in a plane that crashed in dense fog in the southwestern Russian region of Smolensk.
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said that it was the Tu-154 presidential plane which crashed around 300 meters from the runway when it was hit by the tree tops that [...]
Putin marks Katyn massacre with Polish counterpart
April 7th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk marked the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The historic ceremony marked efforts to warm up relations between the Kremlin and Warsaw, reports said.
Venezuela, Russia agree plans for nuclear power plant
April 3rd, 2010 |
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Venezuela and Russia have reached an agreement to draft plans on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Latin American country. “We are ready to start drafting the first nuclear plant project,” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a joint news conference in Caracas after talks with the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Putin personally delivers four Mi-17 choppers to Chavez
April 3rd, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday personally delivered four Mi-17 helicopters to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, This is part of the growing energy and defense links between the two countries.
Putin on Iranian nuclear power plant
March 19th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant will be launched this summer. “The first reactor at Iran’s nuclear power plant in Bushehr is to be launched already in the summer,” Putin said.
Thousands call on Putin to quit
January 31st, 2010 |
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Ten thousand people have attended a rally in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Internet pictures have emerged of the demonstration in the city’s main square.
Putin says Russia’s population rising
December 31st, 2009 |
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Russia’s population statistics are rising for the first time since 1995, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Putin said that for the past five years the number of deaths had declined, while births had risen.
“Russia should develop offensive system”
December 29th, 2009 |
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Russia should develop offensive weapons in order to counter America’s missile shield, says Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “In order to maintain the balance without developing a missile defense shield like the U.S., we should develop an offensive system,†Russian PM said in Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific coast, according to Russian news agencies.
Putin launches first section of Pacific oil pipeline
December 28th, 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday launched the first section of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. “It is an important event for Russia. It is a strategic project, which enables (Russia) to enter new markets in the Asia-Pacific region,” Putin said at the launching ceremony held at an oil terminal in the port of Kozmino near the Pacific city of Vladivostok.
Putin, Mesić on NIS property, South Stream
December 15th, 2009 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Croatian President Stjepan Mesić to discuss issues related to the property of the Serbian Oil Industry (NIS). NIS, which is now owned by Russia’s Gazprom, believes that some property in Croatia that also belongs to the company, which Croatia denies.