Vladimir Putin meets with the head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer

Prime Minister Putin and the head of the Komi Republic, Vyacheslav Gaizer, have discussed the republic’s performance in the first six months of 2010. Mr Gaizer has noted stable positive trends in the public services and the economy, and emphasised that inflation has been lower in his republic than across the country and that the demographic situation has been improving, primarily due to the government’s social support programmes. However, there has also been a modest decline in oil production in the republic.
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Mr Gaizer, how did your republic perform in the first half of the year?
Vyacheslav Gaizer: Our republic's economy was adversely affected by the economic downturn, but we've been seeing a steady positive trend for all major macroeconomic indicators since the start of the year. Our industrial output has remained at last year's level, without any decline in production. And we've also experienced some increase in coal production, about 20% year-over-year. There's been some growth in timber processing as well, between 7 to 28%.
But, to be frank, there've been some cases of underperformance. Oil production levels have fallen somewhat, by 3%, and logging output has declined. We hope, however, that here, too, the situation will stabilise by the end of this year.
This [the republic's industrial performance] has naturally produced positive results, such as lower inflation. The consumer price index has totalled 4.9% in the first six months of this year.
To be continued...
источник новости: http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/12340/