Mr Medvedev and Mr Putin discussed Russia’s social and economic development.
They also discussed the Cabinet’s implementation of the Federal Law ‘On Amendments to Statutes of the Russian Federation in connection with the Enhancement of the Exercise of the Russian Federation Government’s Powers’.
Under the law’s terms, more than 400 government powers, mostly in the area of lawmaking, and also in areas such as public administration and local self-government, education and science, public health protection, urban planning, construction and housing relations, agriculture, pension provision and social protection, and culture, will be transferred to the federal executive authorities.