The President of Russia

09/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2024 10:13

Meeting with Government members

A number of current issues were discussed at the beginning of the meeting. Deputy Prime Minister - Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal Districtreported on the outcome of the Eastern Economic Forum, where 313 agreements worth a total of more than 5.5 trillion rubles were signed this year.

Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic Alexei Chekunkov Chekunkov AlexeiMinister for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arcticspoke about the implementation of the law on northern deliveries designed to expedite and cut the cost of goods delivery to the Extreme North.

Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut Lut OksanaMinister of Agriculture of the Russian Federationbriefed the President on the progress of harvesting and autumn sowing. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev Patrushev DmitryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federationreported on import substitution in agriculture.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov Kozlov AlexanderMinister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federationspoke about the current situation in geological exploration.

The main topic on the meeting's agenda concerned the regions' individual development programmes and the implementation of the state programme for the development of the Kaliningrad Region. Reports were also delivered by Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development of the Russian Federationand Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District Vladimir Yakushev.

Also taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko, Deputy Prime Minister - Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko, deputy prime ministers Tatyana Golikova, Alexander Novak, Vitaly Savelyev, Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, and heads of several Russian regions.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon.

Today we will talk about the development of our regions, the implementation of their individual development programmes, and separately about the implementation of the state programme for the development of the Kaliningrad Region.

But first we will discuss the current situation, just as we always do at our meetings. My first question is for Mr Trutnev. It is about the results of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Mr Trutnev, you have the floor.

To be continued.