Thursday, March 20, 2014

MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH THE MINERS

Meeting the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation with the miners
MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH THE MINERS

PM meets with employees of the coal mine #39;Komsomolets#39; right during the day, during the shift change. The miners had just finished work and went underground to the surface in a special mine elevator.

One of the miners asked Dmitry Medvedev to explain why the most expensive transportation of coal mined coal. Prime Minister said that the issue was raised at a meeting on the development of railway transport, which he spent on the train today.

`The problem dispatching cars. I know about the problem, once I even had to intervene at the request of Aman Tuleeva ... So far we have not established a system of supply wagons#39;, - said the head of government. He explained that most of the cars owned by private companies, which in Russia there are about 1.2 thousand companies are very small and scheduling - at a low level. `We will try to regulate this subject, - assured Dmitry Medvedev. - Because the eastern direction we strongly develops, there are the main consumers. For example, China, which is another 30-40 years will continue to be the market of coal consumption.


The prospects in this area are decent, it is necessary to understand inside. We#39;ll certainly understand `.

One of the miners in the course of communication with Dmitry Medvedev asked him to provide financial support to the region, in order to finish the highway Kemerovo-Leninist-Kuznetsk. `We are half done, it turns out, 11 km more to do #39;- said the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, who was present during the conversation. The Prime Minister promised to provide support.

Also today, the Prime Minister, together with the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Dvorkovich, Maxim Sokolov, Minister of Transport, Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Kemerovo Region Governor Aman Tuleyev down in the coal mine #39;Listvjazhnaja `. Members of the government were necessary instructions, dressed in overalls and miner on the tractor went down into the mine. The path to the place of coal is 1.4 km and takes about 20 minutes.