In addition to legislators and officials of the government economic team in a meeting attended by representatives of business (for example, the president of RSPP, Alexander Shokhin, the president "supports Russia" Sergei Borisov, president of the Association of Russian Banks Garegin Tosunyan, managing director of "Troika Dialog" Sharonov and others) and the scientific community (scientific director of the HSE Yevgeny Yasin, Rector Academy of National Economy Vladimir Mau, Rector of the Russian Academy of Foreign Trade Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev, Academician Sergei Glazyev, executive director of the Institute for Economy in Transition Sergei Prikhodko and others). Start the meeting scheduled at 13:00, Moscow time, but is rumored to have been waiting for the arrival of Vladimir Putin, and the event began in 13.34. Opening it, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, the delay suggested to concentrate not on the outcome of activities in 2009, and the tasks for the current year. Then, Alexei Kudrin, gave the floor for half an hour, Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister said that p in 2009 due to crisis, the government authorized to reallocate the money, and what could go on upgrades, went on anti-crisis measures.
"On full completion of the speak of the crisis is early, too early", – said Vladimir Putin, but comforted by the fact that from January to April, inflation in Russia amounted to 3.5%. And ministers were ordered to continue to lower prices by reducing demand, but due to "improve productivity, reduce costs, Effective anti-monopoly regulation. " And to reduce the budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2012 and to zero by 2015. .
