Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following the meeting on socioeconomic development in Primorye Territory on August 31, 2013.

Mr Kostin briefed Vladimir Putin on the bank’s work with private customers and small businesses in flood-affected regions and also discussed a number of the bank’s infrastructure projects.

On the second day of the G20 summit, the G20 leaders met with business and trade union representatives from the G20 countries.

Among other things, the latest global economic trends and financial regulation issues were discussed during the first working meeting themed Growth and Financial Stability.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the socioeconomic development of Primorye Territory.

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on socioeconomic development in Rostov Region.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev during his visit to the region.

Mr Kuyvashev briefed Vladimir Putin on the situation in the region’s industrial sectors and on the social sector development.

Svetlana Orlova briefed Vladimir Putin on the regional authorities’ main immediate priorities.

The Acting Governor briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in the region. In particular, the meeting discussed demographic trends and the current situation in the housing sector.

The Acting Governor briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in the Magadan Region, particularly on the development of its special economic zone and the payment of salaries to public sector employees.

Vladimir Putin took part in the conference called Orthodox-Slavic Values: The Foundation of Ukraine’s Civilisational Choice.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On abolishing the Federal Service for Financial Markets, amendments to particular presidential executive orders and recognition of particular presidential executive orders as being no longer in effect.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Amendments to the Russian Federation Law on Commodities Exchanges and Market Trading and to particular Russian Laws and Statutes.

The President signed the Federal Law On Amending Article 6 of the Federal Law on the Special Economic Zone in Kaliningrad Region and on Amending Specific Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Transfer of Powers in Regulation, Control and Supervision of Financial Markets to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

Igor Artemyev briefed Vladimir Putin on the joint work by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to bring Russia’s national standards on protection of competition in line with international requirements, and also spoke about the Service’s current activities.

Subjects of discussion at the meeting included preparations for the G20 summit in St Petersburg, and Vnesheconombank’s participation in a number of long-term infrastructure projects.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on developing Russia’s banking system, looking in particular at how to make it easier and more affordable for small and medium-businesses to get loans.

The officials of the Presidential Executive Office, the government ministers responsible for finance and the economy, the Central Bank, and a number of major Russian banks will take part in the meeting, which will examine the problem of access to credit resources.