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
“Support from Russian citizens has always helped us, and I’m confident that the government’s future line-up will rely on the people. We must never forget about the needs of ordinary people. We must always remember how government-level decisions influence the lives of all ordinary Russian citizens.”
"I don't even need to mention hydrocarbons. Here, French companies enjoy most favoured status. They are expanding their presence in extraction ventures and now will take part in transport. Major Russian and French companies are expanding cooperation to new levels. They plan to exchange assets, starting today. This is very important."
"French companies are increasing their investment in the Russian economy. I told Mr Prime Minister that France has surpassed the United States in this respect, and this is not the limit. We are convinced that Russian businesses will invest much more in the French economy and vice versa. For our part, we will do everything to facilitate this process."
"Instead of the Consolidated Social Tax, insurance premiums will become another source of additional off-budget funding for social programmes. The tax rate will be 26% in 2010, the same as in 2009. The deferment will allow businesses to keep additional resources to help them through the crisis. However, beginning in 2011, insurance premiums will increase to 34%. Even so, certain insurers will enjoy preferential rates until 2015. Who are they? They are farmers, enterprises run by national organisations of people with disabilities, folk artists, small indigenous communities in the North, and the residents of special innovative technological zones."
"The Government is planning to allocate an unprecedented 10% of GDP to fund pensions and other social benefits in 2010. We are spending less than 3% on defence. Ten percent of GDP is a huge sum for any state and by any standards."
"Today we are making a decision on considerably shortening the list of goods requiring mandatory certification. The percentage of items that must be certified will be decreased from 78% to 54%. Let me remind you that this percentage is even lower in European countries."
"We have compiled an exhaustive list of paid services required for filling out legal documents. This list has been more than halved to 19 paid services. Commercial companies can no longer serve as intermediaries in providing these services."
"We are directly prohibiting requiring individuals and companies to present any documents that are not envisaged by the regulations governing this or other public service. Officials guilty of violating this prohibition will be held responsible."
"This year almost 230,000 patients will benefit from hi-tech medical assistance. The figure will increase to 255,000 in 2010. But of course we would like it to be still higher. To remind you, that the figure in the otherwise good year 2005 was just 60,000. In other words, we have seen a fourfold growth between 2005 and 2009. You would agree that this is a positive result."
"As a matter of fact, in ten days, from December 1, the basic part of the pension will be increased by 31.4%. In 2010 pensions will grow by an average of 46%. As a result of the re-evaluation of the pension entitlements of those who earned these entitlements back in the Soviet times, the average old-age pension will exceed 8,000 roubles. We will no longer have elderly people whose incomes fall short of the living minimum."
