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
"Our main goal now is to help those who have lost their relatives in the tragedy, and all those who have been affected. As you know, RusHydro has decided to pay 1 million roubles to the families whose relatives have died. This is a good decision, but it is not enough. Payments should also be made to the families of those whose relatives are missing. We know now what happened and why, and nobody must pretend that they don't know the reasons. Moreover, we should make additional payments, including to minors aged under 18. One-off payments, of 1 million roubles, will be made to the families whose members have died in the tragedy or are missing, and one-off payments will also be made to other victims."
"Allow me to recall that the federal budget has allocated a total of 64.7 billion roubles for this programme, out of which 8.9 billion roubles were transferred last year, and another 55.8 billion roubles will be provided for this year. I would like to emphasize this year's increase to 55.8 billion compared with last year's 8.9 billion despite the ongoing crisis. This is enough to fully resolve the problem."
"As we have pledged, by May 1, 2010 all war veterans requiring better housing conditions should be provided with flats. I would like to inform you that we have decided to improve considerably the terms of granting housing. Today, in calculating the funding, we proceed from the quota of 22 square meters per capita, whereas subsequently we will apply a higher standard - 36 square meters per capita."
"Starting January 1, 2010 the pension rights acquired before 2002 should be adjusted by an additional 10%, plus one percent of extra adjustment for every year of service during the Soviet period - until 1991. In this way, we will more justifiably appreciate the labor contributions of people during the Soviet time."
"If pensioners live in a region with a high cost of living and their pensions are below the subsistence level, they will receive special social payments."
"All in all, we are allocating an additional 600 billion rubles for social needs. The bulk of these funds are designed for the pension and other off-budget funds."
"Last year, pensions grew by 18.5% in real terms. This year, the nominal increase in labor pensions will be over 24%. As we declared, the average social pension will reach the pensioners' subsistence level."
"I believe it is impossible to delay the reform of the pension system and a tangible pension increase."
“The planned programme for the development of the pension system is our absolute priority. We must start implementing it in 2010, although we are already taking the required measures to create the conditions for its full-scale implementation.”
“As you know, starting on March 1, the basic part of a retirement pension has been increased by 8.7%, as we have promised. It will be adjusted once again before the end of this year and will grow by another 31.4% starting on December 1. I have already signed the Government's Resolution on increasing the insurance part of the pension by 17.5% starting on April 1 of this year. In August, it will grow by another 7.5%. Consequently, as we have planned, by the end of the year the average social pension will not be below the subsistence level.“
