Разговор с В.Путиным.Прямая линия.Прямой эфир. 04.12.08.Part 1

Part 1 Speaking during his annual televised Q&A session with the public,Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin The session lasted for about three hours. The Russian Prime Minister and the leader of the most popular Russian political party, United Russia, covered a variety of issues ranging from the global financial crisis to relations with Europe and the United States to purely domestic topics. В прямом эфире телеканалов «Россия» и «Вести», радиостанций «Маяк» и «Радио России» Владимир Путин Председатель Правительства и лидер партии «Единая Россия» ответил на вопросы, поступившие в общественные приемные Председателя партии, заданные по телефону, sms, а также через сайт программы.Трансляция идет из Гостиного двора в Москве. Minutes of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Question and Answer Session MARIA SITTEL: Good afternoon, I'm Maria Sittel. Public reception offices of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the leader of the United Russia party, opened several months ago. In less than six months, they have received hundreds of thousands of letters from people around the country. Those who work with these letters on a daily basis are in this room today. We have also invited the people who had personally brought their letters to Vladimir Putin's public reception offices. ERNEST MACKEVICIUS: Welcome to Moscow, to Vladimir Putin's question and answer session. I'm Ernest Mackevicius. With us is Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the leader of the United Russia party, live. MARIA SITTEL: Each of you can address your questions to Vladimir Putin. Telephone calls will be forwarded here, to the information processing centre. Our number - you can see it on your screens - is 8-800-2004040. Calls are free. You can send your text messages to number 0-40-40, or ask your questions via www.moskva-putinu.ru. During today's session, we will link up with some of Vladimir Putin's public reception offices in different parts of Russia. In this room, my colleague Ernest Mackevicius and I will work together with a group of assistants Anna Titova, Pyotr Rovnov and Dmitry Sedov. ERNEST MACKEVICIUS: Good afternoon, Mr Prime Minister. VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon. ERNEST MACKEVICIUS: You were appointed Prime Minister over six months ago. How do you feel in that office? And could you tell us about some of your achievements? VLADIMIR PUTIN: It is not the office that matters, but the responsibilities of a state post. This job is not new to me. I chaired the Government in 1999, and I maintained close ties with the Government when I was President. This is a very demanding job, especially in the current situation. But I am happy I got this chance to serve the people in this position. ERNEST MACKEVICIUS: You have hinted when you assumed the post that the foreign economic situation was different. VLADIMIR PUTIN: Yes, of course. In fact, the current events in the Russian economy are a result of the global financial crisis. Nobody needs to be told today - it is a fact - that the crisis began in the United States, whose financial and economic policy has resulted in the crisis, which has spread to nearly all the leading economies. It has also reached Russia, we can feel it, but on the whole, our economic results in 2008 are positive even despite the negative effects of the global financial crisis. Трансляция канала ВЕСТИ