Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin at the Kremlin The Deputy Prime Minister presented an update to the President on road and housing construction, residential mortgage statistics, and efforts to develop backbone communities and comprehensively improve public spaces. Taken with its related sectors, Russia's construction industry accounts for over 20 percent of the country's GDP and 17.7 percent of its total workforce, the Deputy Prime Minister said. See more on the Kremlin’s official website .