The main thing from Putin’s message: what the president instructed the government. Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
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In his thirteenth message to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin emphasized the clearly formulated request of Russian society to the authorities for justice, respect for people and support for civil initiatives. The implementation of these principles requires specific measures, and the President elaborated on each of them. Vladimir Putin immediately outlined the main topics of the message - economics, social issues And domestic politics
. The president succinctly mentioned foreign policy at the very end of his speech.
“The future of the country depends only on us, on the work and talent of all our citizens, on their responsibility and success. And we will definitely achieve the goals set before us, solve the problems of today and tomorrow.”
The president began with a seemingly abstract topic, which, nevertheless, set the tone for all the other theses he expressed:
“Any injustice or untruth is perceived very sharply. This is generally a feature of our culture. Society resolutely rejects arrogance, rudeness, arrogance and selfishness, no matter who all this comes from, and increasingly values such qualities as responsibility, high morality, concern for public interests, willingness to hear others and respect their opinions.”
Based on these principles – justice, respect and willingness to listen to others, the head of state called on those gathered to build the country’s policy and interact with citizens.
Traditionally, the president quickly moved from the general to the specific, and his speech, which this time lasted 68 minutes, can be divided into the following theses, on the basis of which the political, economic and social development of Russia for the coming year will be built. 1.Increasing the role of the State Duma and strengthening legislative power, as well as developing institutions of direct democracy. Putin emphasized that “ United Russia government in parliament." It is significant that many of the theses later voiced by the president previously appeared as promises in the election program of United Russia. It is unlikely that everyone who voted for the party on September 19 carefully read this voluminous document, but in fact the goals and objectives stated by the president are the fulfillment of the orders of that part of the citizens, on the basis of whose wishes the program of the party in power was drawn up.
2.Free thinking and inadmissibility of censorship based on respect for other people's opinions. The President addressed both parts of society - the “creators” who believe that there are no boundaries for self-expression, and the “guardians” who for some reason are sure that their strict artistic taste can serve as an excuse for destroying works of art or disrupting performances.
On the one hand, “this does not mean that, juggling in beautiful words and hiding behind arguments about freedom, someone can offend the feelings of other people and national traditions.” On the other hand, the president considers “a counter aggressive reaction unacceptable, especially if it results in vandalism and violation of the law. The state will react harshly to such facts.”
And once again - for those who did not understand the first time: “Both in culture, and in politics, in means mass media, and in public life, in the controversy over economic issues no one can prohibit free thinking and openly expressing one’s position.”
3.The anniversary of revolutions is a reason for unification, not division. People all over the world love beautiful dates, and Russia is no exception. The collapse of the Russian Empire was caused by a combination of many external and internal factors, but any revolution occurs when one part of society ceases to hear the other, and the authorities are unable to achieve their reconciliation or, worse, they themselves remain extremely far from the current agenda.Therefore, as the president noted, “it is unacceptable to drag splits, anger, grievances and bitterness of the past into our lives today, in our own political and other interests to speculate on the tragedies that affected almost every family in Russia, no matter what side of the barricades our ancestors found themselves on then.” " “Let’s remember, we are one people, we are one people, and we have one Russia,” he emphasized.
Any historical discussion should be conducted on the basis of this axiom; attempts to “finish the war” and impose one’s opinion on the events of a hundred years ago as the only correct one are unacceptable.
4.Saving the nation. These are primarily fertility and medicine. If everything is more or less good with our birth rate, the figures are higher than the European average, and infant mortality is steadily decreasing, then with medicine in general it is not so good yet. Putin focused on one important achievement - the number of people who received high-tech medical care has increased 15 times over 11 years - from 60,000 people to 900,000. But problems remain in primary care - a lack of qualified specialists, queues, insufficient information technology. To solve these problems, specific actions will be taken, in particular, regular retraining and connecting all hospitals and clinics to high-speed Internet, which will allow for more active development of telemedicine. Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov was named personally responsible for the internetization of medicine.
5.High-quality secondary education. This topic, like the previous one, was actively studied during the campaign for the State Duma, so the president dwelled on it in detail. Elimination of the third and then second shifts, the development of children's technology parks, the formation of support centers for gifted students in the regions, as well as extracurricular projects in the theater, cinema, television, museums and the Internet. The main tasks of schools and teachers are to “give knowledge and educate moral person”, the fundamental principle is “every child and teenager is gifted, revealing his talents is our task.” That is, respect should extend not only to adults, but also to children.
6."Atmosphere of common affairs." Perhaps never before has a head of state paid so much attention to volunteering and non-profit organizations in his address. Federal and regional authorities are tasked not only with not interfering with civil initiatives, but with supporting them. “I want both governors and municipal authorities to hear me. “I ask you, as they say, not to be greedy, not to give preference exclusively to state-owned structures out of habit, out of practice, but to involve non-profit organizations in the execution of social services to the maximum,” the president addressed the officials. Already at the beginning of next year it will become clear whether they heard, or, as in the case of “academic officials,” they were incomprehensible. But support for civil initiatives by the president personally is a serious argument for NPO workers when communicating with officials at various levels. It will be more difficult to “brush it off.”
7.Improvement for the sake of people, not for the sake of improvement. Speaking on this topic, the president mentioned the ONF for the first time in his speech, calling on “front-line soldiers” to organize “effective control, and with its help, achieve concrete results” in the course of disbursing 20 billion rubles, which will be sent to the regions for improvement. The President also called on both the ONF and civil society as a whole to join in solving “such problems as improving environmental legislation, preserving rare species animals and plants, creation of a humane system for the treatment of stray animals.” Declared the Year of Ecology, 2017 should not be a formal event, but an opportunity to make our cities and towns more comfortable for life - to eliminate landfills, tidy up rivers and lakes.
“Anniversary of revolutions is a reason for unification, not division”
In the same block, Putin spoke about large-scale plans to modernize the road network outside Moscow and St. Petersburg - “in two years, at least half of the roads here should be put in order.”
8.Economy – from sustainability to growth. The president dwelled on what allowed the country to survive the current crisis with minimal losses - and what could become drivers of growth - in particular detail, with numbers and details. To put it as briefly as possible, against the backdrop of the constant howls of the opposition “everything is lost, boss,” a powerful agro-industrial complex was created in the country, the income from the export of its products last year exceeded the income from the arms trade, as well as the IT sector. The agro-industrial complex brought in 16.2 billion dollars on the foreign market, the defense industry - 14.5 billion, information Technology– 7 billion
Development will go in the same direction - credit support for farmers, benefits on insurance premiums for IT companies, an increase in the number of civilian products produced by the defense industry.
The tax system will remain unchanged until the end of 2018, and on January 1, 2019, a new one will go into effect, which should also remain unchanged for many years.
Unscrupulous law enforcement officers will not be allowed to “make a nightmare of business.” Regional banks should be allowed to approach the assessment of small business borrowers less strictly. Also, the state should, accusing them of “illegal business” is unacceptable, the president believes.
9. " The fight against corruption is not a show.” Traditionally noting that the majority of civil servants are honest people, and “neither position, nor high connections, nor past merits can be a cover for dishonest government officials,” Putin criticized investigators who raise “information noise around so-called high-profile cases.” . The President recalled the presumption of innocence and noted that the fight against corruption will only receive public support when it is professional, serious and responsible. That is, again we are talking about respect for people, preventing a serious topic from turning into a farce.
10.Science and high technology - a matter of national security. The President also dwelled on this topic in detail. He outlined the main problem, which has remained unchanged for more than a hundred years - “to transform research foundations into successful commercial products.” “By the way, we have always suffered from this; a huge amount of time passes from development to implementation,” the president noted. In order to reverse this trend, a wide range of measures has been developed: this includes support for education - engineering, technical and IT, financial support scientific research, including from VEB, the allocation of grants designed for seven years of work, the creation of laboratories, the return of scientists who went abroad. The task is formulated quite clearly and unambiguously: “It is necessary to focus on areas where the powerful technological potential of the future is accumulating, and these are digital and other so-called end-to-end technologies that today determine the appearance of all spheres of life. Countries that can generate them will have a long-term advantage, the opportunity to receive enormous technological rent. Those who do not do this will find themselves in a dependent, vulnerable position.”
All these priorities are included in the “Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia”. The decree approving it was signed.
11.“Security and the opportunity for development are not for a select few, but for all countries and peoples.” Foreign policy became the final topic the president addressed. Here, too, everything is quite clear and unambiguous. Russia has been and remains a peace-loving power, interested in partnership with all countries of the world. As an example, the head of state cited Russian-Chinese cooperation, which is “an example of world order relations built not on the idea of dominance of one country, no matter how strong it may be, but on harmonious consideration of the interests of all states.”
Putin emphasized the inadmissibility of censorship in the global information space, the unacceptability of the concept of “exceptionalism” of any country, and also called on the new US administration to fight “a real, not an imaginary threat - international terrorism” and warned that “attempts to break strategic parity are extremely dangerous and can lead to a global catastrophe.”
The head of state also expressed gratitude to those who are fighting terrorism, both outside and inside Russia.
At the end of the message, the president especially noted that during the crisis, “we did not delve into any trifles of the current day, we did not deal only with the problems of survival, we thought about the development agenda and ensured it - and today it is this agenda that is becoming the main one, coming to the fore "
“The future of the country depends only on us, on the work and talent of all our citizens, on their responsibility and success. And we will definitely achieve the goals set before us, solve the problems of today and tomorrow,” these words concluded Vladimir Putin’s thirteenth presidential message, which is also the first for the new State Duma.
Address of the President of Russia to the Federal Assembly for 2017
On December 1, 2016, Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly with his annual Address. The announcement of the Message, according to tradition, took place in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
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About patriotism
Citizens have united - and we see this, we must say thank you to our citizens for this - around patriotic values, not because they are happy with everything, that everything suits them. No, there are enough difficulties and problems now. But there is an understanding of their reasons, and most importantly, confidence that together we will definitely overcome them. Willingness to work for Russia, cordial, sincere concern for it - this is what underlies this unification.
At the same time, people expect that they will be provided with ample and equal opportunities for self-realization, for implementing entrepreneurial, creative, and civic initiatives; they expect respect for themselves, for their rights, freedoms, and for their work.
The principles of fairness, respect and trust are universal. We firmly defend them - and, as we see, not without results - in the international arena. But to the same extent we are obliged to guarantee their implementation within the country, in relation to each person and the entire society.
Any injustice or untruth is perceived very sharply. This is generally a feature of our culture. Society decisively rejects arrogance, rudeness, arrogance and selfishness, no matter who all this comes from, and increasingly values such qualities as responsibility, high morality, concern for public interests, willingness to hear others and respect their opinions.
About the centenary of the February and October revolution
The coming year 2017 is the centenary year of the February and October revolutions. This is a good reason to once again turn to the causes and very nature of the revolution in Russia. Not only for historians and scientists - Russian society needs an objective, honest, in-depth analysis of these events.
This is ours general history, and must be treated with respect. The outstanding Russian and Soviet philosopher Alexei Fedorovich Losev also wrote about this. "We know everything thorny path of our country,” he wrote, “we know the languid years of struggle, lack, suffering, but for the son of his Motherland, all this is his own, inalienable, dear.”
I am sure that the absolute majority of our citizens have exactly this feeling of the Motherland, and we need the lessons of history, first of all, for reconciliation, for strengthening the social, political, civil harmony that we have managed to achieve today.
It is unacceptable to drag splits, anger, grievances and bitterness of the past into our lives today, to speculate in our own political and other interests on the tragedies that affected almost every family in Russia, no matter which side of the barricades our ancestors found themselves on then. Let us remember: we are one people, we are one people, and we have one Russia.
About the military-industrial complex
We carried out a deep modernization of defense-industrial enterprises and the defense-industrial complex. The result is an increase in production volumes and, most importantly, a significant increase in labor productivity. The defense industry demonstrates here very good performance and gives a good example. In 2016, the expected growth rate of defense industry production will be 10.1 percent, and the expected growth rate of labor productivity will be 9.8 percent.
And now it is necessary to focus the industry on the production of modern competitive civilian products for medicine, energy, aviation and shipbuilding, space, and other high-tech industries. In the next decade, its share should be at least a third of the total production volume in the military-industrial complex.
I ask the Government to organize systematic work to solve this problem with the participation of development institutions, VEB, the Russian Export Center, and the Industrial Support Fund.
About foreign policy
Everyone knows well that in last years we faced attempts at external pressure. I’ve already talked about this twice and remembered it. Everything was used: from myths about Russian aggression, propaganda, interference in other people's elections - to the persecution of our athletes, including Paralympic athletes.
By the way, as I said, every cloud has a silver lining, the so-called doping scandal, I am sure, will allow us to create in Russia the most advanced system to combat this evil. I assume that the national anti-doping program will be ready at the beginning of next year.
What I would like to say: custom information campaigns, the invention and planting of incriminating evidence, mentor teachings are already quite boring for everyone - if necessary, we ourselves can teach anyone, but we understand the extent of our responsibility and are truly sincerely ready to take part in solving global and regional problems - of course, where our participation is appropriate, in demand and necessary.
We don’t want confrontation with anyone, we don’t need it: neither us, nor our partners, nor the world community. Unlike some foreign colleagues who see Russia as an enemy, we are not and have never been looking for enemies. We need friends. But we will not allow our interests to be infringed upon or neglected. We want and will be in control of our own destiny, to build the present and future without other people's prompts and unsolicited advice.
At the same time, we are committed to a friendly, equal dialogue, to the establishment of the principles of justice and mutual respect in international affairs. We are ready for a serious conversation about building a sustainable system of international relations XXI century. Unfortunately, in this regard, the decades that have passed since the end of " cold war", were wasted.
We are for security and the opportunity for development not for a select few, but for all countries and peoples, for respect for international law and the diversity of the world. Against any monopoly, whether we are talking about claims to exclusivity or attempts to customize the rules of international trade, limit freedom of speech, and actually introduce censorship in the global information space. They always reproached us for allegedly introducing censorship within the country, but now they themselves are practicing in this direction.
About International Organizations
Russia is actively promoting a positive agenda in its work international organizations social issues informal associations such as the UN, G20, APEC. Together with our partners we are developing our formats: CSTO, BRICS, SCO. Priority foreign policy Russia has been and remains to further deepen cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union and interaction with other CIS states.
Eurasian partnership
Of serious interest is also Russian idea the formation of a multi-level integration model in Eurasia - a large Eurasian partnership. We have already begun substantive discussions on it at various international and regional levels. I am convinced that such a conversation is possible with the states of the European Union, in which today there is a growing demand for an independent subjective, political and economic course. We see this in the election results.
Asian-Pacific area
The enormous potential for Russia’s cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region was demonstrated by the Eastern Economic Forum held this year. I ask the Government to ensure the unconditional implementation of all previously adopted decisions on the development of the Russian Far East. And, let me emphasize again, Russia’s active eastern policy is not dictated by any current market considerations, not even by the cooling of relations with the United States of America or the European Union, but by long-term national interests and trends in global development.
In the current difficult conditions, one of the key factors ensuring global and regional stability has become the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation. It serves as an example of world order relations, built not on the idea of dominance of one country, no matter how strong it may be, but on harmonious consideration of the interests of all states.
China
Today China is taking a position largest economy world, and it is very important that every year our mutually beneficial cooperation is replenished with new large-scale projects in various fields: trade, investment, energy, high technology.
India
The most important direction of Russian foreign policy is the development of a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India. The results of the Russian-Indian high-level talks held in Goa in October confirmed that our countries have enormous potential for deepening cooperation in a variety of areas.
Japan
We count on qualitative progress in relations with our eastern neighbor - Japan. We welcome the desire of the leadership of this country to develop economic ties with Russia and launch joint projects and programs.
We are ready to cooperate with the new American administration. It is important to normalize and begin to develop bilateral relations on an equal and mutually beneficial basis.
Interaction between Russia and the United States in solving global and regional problems meets the interests of the whole world. We have a shared responsibility to ensure international security and stability, for strengthening non-proliferation regimes.
I would like to emphasize that attempts to break strategic parity are extremely dangerous and can lead to a global catastrophe. You cannot forget about this for a single second.
And, of course, I look forward to joining forces with the United States in the fight against a real, not fictitious, threat - international terrorism. This is precisely the task our military personnel are solving in Syria. The terrorists suffered significant damage. The Russian army and navy have convincingly proven that they are capable of working effectively away from permanent locations.
By the way, we see what kind of work employees do special services and units and within the country to combat terrorism. We also have losses there. All this, of course, is in the field of our attention. We will continue this work. I would like to thank all our military personnel for their professionalism and nobility, courage and bravery, for the fact that you, Russian soldiers, value your honor and the honor of Russia.
Full video version
The completed Address of Russian President Vladimir Putin to both chambers of the Federal Assembly was a significant result political year and a kind of application for future development. Moreover, as part of the message, the head of state paid much attention to the long-term time horizon of 5-10-15 years, especially in the context economic development in general and its industrial component in particular. Life analyzed the main points of Vladimir Putin’s speech and identified 10 key provisions that determine its character.
1. The development of Russia is possible only with the unity of the people and respect for their dignity and work. The President especially noted the approaching 100th anniversary of two significant Russian revolutions of 1917 - the February and October, calling on them not to repeat the mistakes of the past and to remain a united people, with respect for their traditions and continuous history.
2. Politic system Russia has developed, all measures to reconfigure it and increase efficiency were taken in a timely manner.
The recent elections to the State Duma this year showed that all parties, but especially United Russia, bear a special responsibility for the trust of citizens. 3. You cannot engage in public vandalism or impose social groups a certain worldview, which primarily concerns cultural figures on the one hand and some representatives civil society
with another. 4. Russia was able to reverse negative trends in the healthcare sector and overcome the demographic decline
5. According to the results of 2016, the birth rate will be 1.78, which exceeds the level of many developed European countries. In the country in 2018, there will be 94 perinatal centers operating, and the mortality rate per 1000 people will drop to a coefficient of 5.9.
The development of education, especially in connection with the course towards building a new economy based on the deep penetration of innovation and IT technologies, will require modernization, children's technology parks will be developed, and budget places for technical and natural science specialties will increase. 6. The state will support youth volunteer and environmental projects
, as well as NGOs that provide social services, which will have access to budget funding starting next year. 7. The defense sector remains the engine of economic development
, whose export share is in the region of $16 billion, and labor productivity increased by 9.8%, which is the result of updating the technological park of equipment and machine tools. The defense industry is actively catching up with agriculture, which from a “bottomless hole” has turned into an extremely profitable industry conquering foreign markets - the export of agricultural products at the end of 2016 came close to the sale of weapons, amounting to $14.5 billion. 8. The moratorium on changes to the tax system within 4 years, introduced in 2014, will be maintained
9. The driver of the economy will be information and “end-to-end” technologies, which will give countries that have mastered their strategic advantages the opportunity to benefit from gigantic technological rent. The Russian IT technology sector has increased exports almost from scratch in 2010 to 7 billion this year, and the state will continue to support it, in particular, by extending benefits on insurance payments.
10. Russia will pursue a peaceful and consistent policy in the field of compliance international law- but will not allow anyone to talk to him in a mentoring tone, in the style of teachings. Russia will develop a strategic partnership with China and India, and also hopes that with the advent of the new American administration, cooperation with the United States will be established on issues of combating terrorism, maintaining the nonproliferation regime and global stability.
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During his Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin gave the government instructions related to economic, social and environmental issues. The main ones are in the RBC review
Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) before delivering his annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS)
Accelerating economic growth
“I instruct the government, with the participation of leading business associations, no later than May next year, to develop a substantive action plan until 2025, the implementation of which will allow us to reach economic growth rates higher than the world ones at the turn of 2019-2020, and therefore increase Russia’s position in the global economy "
Changes to the Tax Code
“We must orient our tax system so that it works for main goal: to stimulate business activity, to grow the economy and investment, to create competitive conditions for the development of our enterprises. It is necessary to streamline existing fiscal benefits, make them more targeted, and abandon ineffective instruments. I propose that over the next year we carefully and comprehensively consider proposals for setting up the tax system, and be sure to do this with the participation of business associations.<...>We need to prepare and adopt all relevant amendments to legislation and the Tax Code in 2018 and put them into effect from January 1, 2019.”
Ensuring budget sustainability
“I ask the government to work on improving the mechanisms for ensuring a sustainable budget and public finances, fulfilling all our obligations, regardless of external factors, including hydrocarbon prices."
Launch of the digital economy
“I propose to launch a large-scale system - a program for the development of the economy of a new technological generation, the so-called digital economy. In its implementation, we will rely specifically on Russian companies, scientific, research and engineering centers of the country. This is a matter of national security and independence of Russia and, in the full sense of the word, our future.”
Reducing the number of business inspections
“I would like to draw the government’s attention to the fact that in the work of control and supervisory authorities it is necessary to accelerate the introduction of an approach based on risk assessment, which will significantly reduce the number of inspections and increase their effectiveness. Increasing the transparency of control and supervisory authorities will make it possible to quickly respond to abuses, to every fact of violation of the rights of entrepreneurs by controllers.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech with the annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS)
Extension of benefits for the IT industry
“We must admit that tax benefits played a significant role in supporting IT companies. This measure allowed them to effectively realize their intellectual innovative potential.<...>To maintain this momentum, I propose to extend these benefits until 2023. I am confident that in the next decade [it will be possible] to make the IT industry one of Russia’s key export industries.”
Support for self-employed citizens
“I have already given a direct instruction to exclude the interpretation of the work of self-employed citizens as illegal entrepreneurial activity. There is no need to cling to them for far-fetched reasons. To ensure that there are no such reasons at all, I ask you to clearly define the legal status of self-employed citizens over the next year and give them the opportunity to work normally and calmly.”
Increasing the share of civilian products in the defense industry
Support for volunteer and charitable organizations
“A special sign of our time is the widespread involvement of citizens in a variety of charitable events, calls for in social networks, the media to raise funds for the treatment of patients to help children quickly find a response. People do this sincerely, selflessly in response to the dictates of their hearts. I ask Public Chamber and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to substantively engage in supporting volunteer and charitable movements of non-profit organizations.”
Formation of a regulatory framework for NPOs
“I instruct the government, together with legislators, to complete the formation of a clear legal framework for NPOs - performers of socially useful services, to establish requirements for their competencies, without adding additional bureaucratic barriers.”
Improvement of Russian cities
“In 2017, 20 billion rubles. will be sent to the regions for improvement, including single-industry towns.”
Creation of programs for the conservation of natural symbols of Russia
“Next year has been declared the year of ecology. I instruct the government to prepare programs to preserve Russia’s unique natural symbols, such as the Volga and Baikal.”
Road repair
“Starting next year, we will begin such projects in other major cities and urban agglomerations, where about 40 million people live. In two years, at least half of the roads need to be put in order. The decision has been made, the appropriate means have been allocated, we just need to work effectively.”
Support for agricultural cooperation
“In order for our farmers to have new opportunities to enter the market, it is necessary to devote Special attention support for agricultural cooperation. I instruct the Ministry of Agriculture, Rosselkhozbank, Rosagroleasing and the Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises to deal with this issue. Next year we will replenish its capital by almost 13 billion rubles.”
Creation of competence centers in universities
“Next year, centers of excellence will be created at leading universities, including regional ones. They are designed to provide intellectual and personnel support for projects related to the formation of new industries and markets. A powerful factor in the accumulation of scientific and technological reserves for economic growth and social development fundamental science should serve.”
Cadets of the Faculty of Secondary Military Special Training of the Pacific Higher Naval School named after S.O. Makarov in Vladivostok watching the broadcast of the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia (Photo: Vitaly Ankov/RIA Novosti)
Support for young scientists
“It is fundamentally important to support our talented young Russian scientists, and there are many of them, so that they create their own research teams and laboratories in Russia. A special line of grants will be launched for them, designed for a period of up to seven years. For these purposes, as well as for the development of scientific infrastructure, the opening of new laboratories, in 2017 alone, an additional 3.5 billion rubles will be allocated to the already declared resources for science.”
Support for programs to create new school places
“By the way, you and I know very well that this (program to create new school places . — RBC) is primarily the responsibility of the regional level, but we decided to support the regions in this most important area. In total, 187,998 new school places are planned to be created between 2016 and 2019.”
Creation of child support centers in the regions
“How successful has already declared himself Education Centre for talented guys "Sirius". I believe that we need a whole constellation of such platforms. And I would recommend it to the heads of the subjects Russian Federation think about creating centers for supporting gifted children in the regions on the basis of the best universities and schools.”
Providing hospitals with high-speed Internet
“I propose to connect all hospitals and clinics in our country to high-speed Internet within the next two years. This will allow doctors, even in a remote city or village, to use the capabilities of telemedicine and quickly receive advice from colleagues from regional and federal clinics. This task is absolutely realistic and achievable.”
Providing financing for high-tech medical care
“Next year we need to introduce mechanisms for sustainable financing of high-tech medical care. This will make it possible to further increase its availability and reduce waiting times for operations. Hundreds of thousands of complex operations are performed not only in large federal centers, but also in regional clinics. In 2005, 60 thousand people in Russia received VMT; in 2016 there will be 900 thousand. We need to move on, but the difference is significant.”
Citizens have united around patriotic values not because they are happy with everything - there are plenty of difficulties and problems now. Russians are confident that they will be able to overcome them, they are ready to work for the good of the country.
Russian people strongly feel injustice and believe that they will be provided with equal opportunities, rights and freedoms—Russia defends these principles in its foreign policy, not without results. We are not talking about “compulsion to a worldview” or false unity - all this has already happened in the history of Russia, and it has not been forgotten.
Those who consider themselves more advanced, intelligent, “smarter” should treat other people and their opinions with respect, this is natural. Aggression is not justified, especially if it results in vandalism and violations of the law. The state will react harshly to such facts.
2. Mistakes of the past should remain in the past, speculation is unacceptable
The coming year is the year of the centenary of the revolution, this is another reason to deeply analyze the causes of any revolution. Russia has a thorny path, but Russians perceive it as something familiar. It is unacceptable to drag splits, anger and grievances of the past into today's life, to speculate on topics that affect almost every family.
3. Elections are competitive, the Duma is integral, the state is strong
The current election campaign was competitive. The authority of the legislative branch has strengthened and must be confirmed by deeds. All promises of United Russia, which has a constitutional majority, must be fulfilled. Society's immunity to populism and demagoguery is strengthening. The country could not develop freely on the basis of a weak state, with State Duma, torn apart by squabbles. There are many countries where such a situation opened the way to adventurers, coups and, ultimately, anarchy.
4. Demographics are improving
The meaning of all social policy is to save people and increase human capital. Natural population growth continues. In 2013, Russia's fertility rate was 1.7 - higher than most European countries. In 2015, the total fertility rate in Russia will be even higher - 1.78
5. Medicine will become more prestigious, hospitals will be connected to the Internet, doctors will be offered professional retraining
The social sector must attract young people; in this regard, new jobs are created and wages increase. Competition for medical and pedagogical universities is growing steadily. Perinatal centers there were none in Russia at all, now there will be 94 of them in 2018. Medical mortality has dropped to 5.9 per 1000 patients - this figure is also better than in many European countries.
In 2016, about 900 thousand patients are receiving high-tech assistance. The waiting time for operations is reduced. Problems persist, there are still many of them, they relate to primary care and patient reception. Next year a system of professional retraining for doctors will be organized. Work will continue to simplify document flow. According to the head of the Ministry of Communications, all hospitals and clinics can be connected to the Internet - now the whole country will follow this promise.
6. New school places, support for gifted children
The school refurbishment program will continue. In 2017, there should be no unsafe school buildings left; the problem of second and third shifts must be solved. School education must meet two basic tasks: to provide knowledge and educate a moral person. We need projects in theaters, cinema, television, and the Internet. Many experiments are being carried out both in Russia and abroad, but they must be treated with caution. Purely modern children's technology parks will increase to forty next year. To regional authorities We need to think about creating support centers for gifted children. Business should also get involved in this work. The Sirius center has already declared itself to be the most successful.
7. New grants for young scientists; science should create finished products
To access new level economy and social sphere We need our own scientific developments, end-to-end technologies - those that are used in all industries. But digital technologies also come with risks; for example, you need to build protection against cyber threats. In 2017, the foundations of the “new digital economy” development program will be laid, with an emphasis on domestic companies.
The number will increase budget places in universities in technical and IT specialties. IN scientific field will be supported strong figures, ready to give practical results - the Russian Academy of Sciences should pay attention to this. A special line of grants will be launched for young scientists for periods of up to 7 years. Russia needs to learn how to turn advanced developments into successful commercial products - this problem has been traced for a long time, since Russian Empire, but it can be reversed.
8. Laws on the activities of NPOs need to be finalized, and they themselves need to be allowed to receive state funding and social work
A special sign of the times is charity events. The government should start supporting charitable and social non-profit organizations. The social potential of people must be in demand. Next year, the opportunity will open for NPOs to provide social services at the expense of the Russian budget. Local authorities should not be greedy, but should invite NPOs to participate as much as possible social work, because their eyes have not yet become blurry. You also need to complete the formation legislative framework for NPOs, clarify the requirements for their competencies.
9. Active citizen - in every city, single-industry towns, landscaping, landfills eliminated
Officials should not hide in their offices, but communicate with citizens. Very often, issues of improvement and preservation of the historical appearance of cities are often resolved behind the scenes, and the right decisions are not always made.
In 2017, the regions will be allocated 20 billion rubles for improvement, including in single-industry towns. It is important that residents take part in this - the ONF should help monitor this. Programs for saving unique natural symbols of Russia will also be prepared. It is necessary to eliminate landfills, both in large cities and in villages.
10. Record figures for new housing, the Kerch Bridge is being delivered on time
85 million sq. meters of housing commissioned - this is a record figure in the entire history of the country. It is important that all this housing is sold, and here the state will continue to provide targeted support for mortgages.
Also, within two years, at least half of all roads in large agglomerations must be put in order. Construction Kerch Bridge is on schedule.
11. Financial reserves have been preserved, inflation is low, banks have survived
This year the decline in GDP will be insignificant. Two years ago, Russia faced an unfavorable external climate. Sanctions were used to force people to dance to someone else’s tune, although the main reasons for the slowdown in the economy “remain within ourselves,” in the lack of competition, shortage of investment resources, etc.
IN difficult conditions macroeconomic stability was ensured, reserves were preserved, their total volume now amounts to $103.86 billion. The gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank have also increased. Inflation is expected to be below 6%. The lowest was in 2011, last year it was 12%, this year it will be 5.8%, and next year we can reach the target of 4%.
Domestic banks have restored their profitability, the sector’s profit this year is 714 billion rubles, last year it was 193 billion rubles. Thanks to the work of law enforcement officers and the Central Bank, the banking sector was restored and weak players left. Banking system managed to replace foreign lending to companies and stabilize the situation. A decrease in inflation should create conditions for lower lending rates, but the volume of real lending has not increased—it has only decreased, despite the opportunities. Lending to small businesses also continues to fall.
12. The growth of certain industries, especially IT companies, they need to be supported with benefits
Has emerged small stature industrial production, the trend must be maintained. In the automotive industry as a whole there was a slight decrease, but for trucks - an increase of 14%, for buses - an increase of 35.2%, railway production - 21.8%, for freight cars - 26%, production of agricultural equipment - 26%. It is necessary to carry out systematic work to solve the problem of supporting non-state industry in high-tech orders of the military-industrial complex, so that in 3 years their participation will be reduced to servicing half of all orders. The volume of exports of domestic IT companies has doubled over the past 5 years, with profits reaching $7 billion. Tax benefits for such enterprises have had their effect. It is proposed to extend IT benefits until 2023, and then the industry high technology may become a key industry in the future.
13. Agriculture is growing, sanctions have helped, but they will not last forever
Previously problems in agriculture called "black hole". Today, the agricultural sector is a confident industry that is beginning to conquer international markets. Sanctions have helped us, but this will not last forever; manufacturers need to take advantage of this favorable situation. full program. The export of agricultural products today gives us more than the sale of weapons - $14.5 billion versus $16.9 billion this year.
14. Regions - more independence in subsidies, local banks - simplified working conditions
Regions should be given more independence in agricultural subsidies, and their volume should be linked to an increase in arable land, an increase in productivity, creating an incentive to put idle agricultural land and advanced technologies into circulation. Regional banks could operate under much more simplified conditions than large federal players - this will not bring risks, they have only 1.5% of the market, and it will meet the needs of small businesses locally much better.
However, if the government gives more freedom, then the responsibility of the regions should also increase. It is necessary to support agricultural cooperation. Next year, the state will replenish the capital of the Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises by almost 13 billion rubles. The quality of work of regional management teams will be determined by the quality of the business environment, which should be equally high throughout the country. Starting next year, data from supervisory agencies will be publicly available: who is punishing whom, how and where.
15. The economy is being renewed
More and more trade barriers are being erected around the world, and one of the main problems is the growth of protectionism. Russia must fight more actively to enter international markets; competition will help strengthen domestic producers.
All the examples given already speak of economic renewal. However, no later than May, the government will develop a substantive plan of action in the economy until 2023, where the participation of all industries will be spelled out, and the goal will be to reach a level of economic development above the world one. In addition, it is necessary to achieve independence of state finances from external factors, including prices for hydrocarbon raw materials.
16. The tax system should be more transparent
Despite external economic factors, since 2014 the authorities have not revised benefits. Russians have a request for a more transparent tax system. It is necessary to streamline existing fiscal benefits, make them more targeted and abandon unnecessary ones. At the beginning of next year, the authorities will consider this issue together with business representatives in order to develop the necessary laws in 2018 and put them into effect in 2019.
17. Self-employed citizens will be legalized
The definition of self-employed citizens as conducting “illegal business activities” will be abolished. Next year, it is necessary to clearly define the legal status of self-employed citizens. Justice is not about equalizing, but about creating equal opportunities for success.
18. The fight against corruption is not a show
The majority of civil servants are honest, decent people. But neither position, nor high connections, nor past merits can be a cover for dishonest people. However, no one has the right to make verdicts before the trial. The noise is often created artificially. The fight against corruption is not a show.
There have been cases when, as a result of illegal actions, law enforcement Successful companies collapsed. We must thank parliamentarians for working on a law that strengthens the criminal liability of law enforcement officers for fabricating cases.
19. Foreign policy: priority to China, progress with Japan, willingness to cooperate with the USA
Myths about Russian aggression, propaganda, accusations of interference in other people's elections, bullying of Russian athletes, including Paralympians - all this was part of the external pressure on Russia in the past year. The doping scandal, at the same time, will make it possible to create a national anti-doping program as early as 2017.
All developments international relations have been wasted since the Cold War. Mentor teachings are already quite boring. If necessary, Russia itself can teach anyone. Russia does not want confrontation, does not and has never looked for enemies. The priority of Russian foreign policy has been and remains the further deepening of cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union. The government must ensure that all promises for the development of the Far East are fulfilled. Mutually beneficial cooperation with China is a symbol of how countries can cooperate without domination and regardless of military force each of them. Russia also hopes for progress in relations with Japan. The authorities are ready to cooperate with the new American administration. The development of Russian-American relations on an equal basis meets the interests of the whole world - we have a shared responsibility for the nonproliferation regime, and attempts to break nuclear parity are a global threat.
20. The fight against terrorism is not a mythical task
Terrorism is one of the real, not mythical, international threats. The Russian military in Syria has proven that they can carry out tasks far from their permanent locations. And the special services, not without losses, are successfully fighting terrorism within the country.