OREANDA-NEWS. October 25, 2012. Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin and the region's residents represented by industry, education and social sphere professionals.

The issues discussed included promoting spiritual and moral values among young people, teachers' salaries, construction of a new bridge in Togliatti to improve the traffic situation, and the performance of the region's largest companies: the leading Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ and aviation and space propulsion engineering company JSC KUZNETSOV.