Meeting with the Government Cabinet.Part 2
December 10, 2007
The Kremlin, Moscow
Совещание с членами Правительства.
10 декабря 2007 года
Москва, Кремль
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on the upcoming opening of a new microchip production line at the Micron Enterprise in Zelenograd
SERGEI IVANOV: A new production line manufacturing microchips with a topological level of 0.18 microns will open on Wednesday at the Micron Enterprise in Zelenograd. This is a state-of-the-art enterprise that has world-standard technology. The new production line will produce 18,000 microchips a year. This will give us with the supply of microchips we need, especially for our passport and visa services. The microchips will be used in passports and in a number of advanced technology sectors in industry. This new production line marks a significant advance for Russia in making microchips of this standard. This is important for the entire microelectronics sector and I will therefore also hold a meeting in Zelenograd on developing microelectronics in the civilian sector of the economy. All of the new production lines output will be going precisely to the civilian sector.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: Will there be any benefit for the defence sector too?
SERGEI IVANOV: Yes, but we established this production line together with our French partners and the plan is for all of the output to be used in the civilian sector.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: When I went out there not so long ago our companies had quite ambitious plans for developing their activities in this area.
SERGEI IVANOV: They are carrying out these plans now.
Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin on work with Turkmen and Kazakh partners on building the Caspian Pipeline
SERGEI NARYSHKIN: A Government instruction has been issued approving the draft inter-governmental agreement between the three countries on cooperation in building the Caspian Pipeline. The draft agreement was drawn up in accordance with the declaration signed by the presidents of the three countries on constructing a gas transport system. The agreement provides for intensive cooperation between the three countries on the supply and transportation of gas produced in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It sets out provisions for carrying out a technical and economic feasibility study that will begin in the second half of 2008, and stipulates the organisations empowered by each of the parties. The agreement will need to be ratified. It is now ready for signature.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: As you know, the President of Kazakhstan is due to make a working visit to Russia soon. I ask you, together with our colleagues and partners in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, to look at how to make of this visit to take another step forward in carrying out this project.
Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov on his upcoming visit to the Far East
VIKTOR ZUBKOV: I want to fly to Sakhalin today so that I can take a look tomorrow at how the cleanup operations are going after the earthquake that struck the region. Work is underway there and I receive regular reports from the regional authorities. Housing and social facilities are being built. But it is already the end of the year and some delays in planned work have been experienced. I therefore want to see for myself how the reconstruction work is going and also take a broader look at social development issues in general on Sakhalin and also on the Kuril Islands after the electricity blackouts there (incidentally, the reserve generator is expected to start running today and will provide reliable power supply to all of the islands). But I want to see what alternative energy sources exist, what possibilities there are. We will discuss these issues tomorrow with the governor in a broad meeting with the regional authorities.
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