VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
“The work of bringing gas to the Far East is already under way. Yet it can be rightfully said that today we are giving a start to a major and large-scale effort to extend the country's Unified Gas Supply system eastwards. This project (the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline) will open a new page in the development of Eastern Siberia and the Far East, breathe energy into the growth of these regions and make them more attractive and competitive. And, first and foremost, to improve the quality of life for Far Easterners and Siberians.”
“The construction of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas pipeline is only part of the state's sweeping Eastern Gas Programme. I am certain that even specialists who are present here today do not know all about the scale of this work. Within this programme, we are to undertake a vast amount of geological exploration in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk Region, in Sakhalin, Yakutia and Kamchatka, to discover dozens of deposits, provide them with field facilities practically from scratch and put them into operation, and bind them together with a network of roads and gas pipelines.”
"We hope that the local authorities will follow the same logic by creating the most favourable business environment, and removing barriers preventing new companies from getting access to the local markets. In doing so, they will resolve the employment problem and replenish local finances."
"Programmes of the fund on assisting the development of housing and utilities have rendered substantial support for municipalities. The bodies of local government have already received more than 80 billion roubles from this investment fund. All in all, owing to this fund, into which we invested a total of 240 billion roubles, more than 120,000 people have already received new flats or will receive them in the near future. A considerable part of the dwelling stock will be repaired."
"Payment of salaries in the public sector should be made a priority. Incidentally, the Astrakhan Region has introduced new forms of payment in the public sphere, and the average level of salaries paid to those employed in main directions has gone up by 30% to 35%."
"The tax policy is also subject to change. At the recent meeting of the Government Commission on Budget Projections, we agreed to step up the introduction of the local tax on property. It is designed to replace the existing taxes on land and property. I hope very much that this change will substantially increase tax revenues for the local budgets. However, this should be achieved not by increasing tariff rates, but by differentiating them, as I already said at the aforementioned meeting."
"Considering these factors, we have decided to tangibly increase our support for the territories. In the new version of the budget, federal support for the regions is 36% higher than it was last year. All in all, we have earmarked 1,200 billion roubles for this purpose."
“The new wording of the 2009 budget stipulates the allocation of over 2.2 billion roubles to the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development for co-financing the construction and overhaul of healthcare facilities in the regions and municipal districts. I want to say that this issue concerns additional projects that are not covered in federal target programmes and are financed from local reserves. <…> It should be said that we intend to continue helping the regions and municipal authorities to develop the social infrastructure. But our priority should be the financing of key projects of regional and federal importance.”
"The priorities here, as in regional politics in the regions of the Russian Federation should include: wage payment, the creation of new jobs, and fulfilling the social obligations to Russian citizens."
"The volume of Federal support for the regions in the revised budget has been increased by 36% compared with 2008. This help is accounted for in the new budget. In total we have set aside 1 trillion 200 billion roubles for this."
