Putin to chair meeting on Russian shipbuilding on March 6

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to chair a meeting in St. Petersburg on March 6 on the development of the Russian civilian shipbuilding industry.

MOSCOW, March 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to chair a meeting in St. Petersburg on March 6 on the development of the Russian civilian shipbuilding industry.

"We plan to discuss at the meeting the main aspects of the development of the Russian civil shipbuilding industry and to work out a strategy for its further development," a source in the government staff said.

The Russian prime minister is also set to visit the Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute in St. Petersburg.

Some 160,000 people are employed at 168 shipbuilding enterprises across Russia. Most of the enterprises are located in the northwest of the country.