President Putin with leaders of parliamentary parties and deputy groups of the State Duma.
Subjects discussed included the payment of wages to state-sector employees, ownership and use of farm lands, and prospects for the development of the Armed Forces.
Deputies suggested that in his State of the Nation address the President pay particular attention to military reform providing for cuts in the service period and the transition to a professional army.
The drug racket and homeless children were discussed at length. The question of the future of TV-6 television company was also raised.