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.”
"As you know, the state has substantively expanded diamond purchases to support the industry. It has been decided to quadruple the funding being allocated for buying precious stones for the state treasury: this amount has grown from 3.7 billion roubles to 14.5 billion roubles. But I think even that is not enough. We understand that an industry that provided serious revenues both for the federal and the regional budget is in a difficult situation due to the global economic conditions and needs to be supported. I just had a discussion with mine workers and I would like to repeat here what I told them -that in total state support for the industry this year must amount to 30 to 35 billion roubles."
"In the current year, the Housing and Utilities Reform Fund has allocated more than one billion roubles for Yakutia - a substantial amount. These funds should be used to the utmost effect to solve the main problem for which the Fund was set up, namely to provide residents of dilapidated and unsafe buildings with new housing. Unfortunately, there is a great need for that in Yakutia."
"We have a programme for the development of the Far East and the Trans-Baikal region. Let us see how the work is proceeding here, in Yakutia.<...> A number of additional decisions have been adopted on the area's all-round development. We have launched and continue implementing a federal targeted programme on the Far East and the Trans-Baikal region, which provides for a substantive renovation and expansion of Yakutia's infrastructure: construction of new bridges, airports, railways and highways."
"The Eastern Gas Programme is also off to a good start. Its priorities are to pipe gas to the regions. The republic's head has just reported gas demand for Lensk is fully satisfied. At any rate, efforts have been made to reach the programme's targets. Next in line are Mirny and other towns and cities.<...> We are already seeing positive results. Yakutia's regional gross product has increased more than one-third between 2003 and 2008, while investment in fixed capital has grown 50%."
"At the same time, apart from budgetary funds, we must create the conditions for attracting private investment into our water management complex. The expenditures required for implementing the strategy, which we are going to review today, will add up to about 662 billion roubles in the period up to 2020. About 500 billion roubles will come from the federal budget; the regions will not contribute much, while extra-budget funds will amount to a mere 66.9 billion roubles. In general, this sphere may be quite attractive for private investment as well."
"The recent tragic events at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant have made it perfectly obvious how much we still have to do to increase the reliability of technical structures in general, and hydro-technical facilities in particular. We must conduct a thorough inspection of all strategic and vital installations of the infrastructure and work out a procedure for their regular modernisation and monitoring over their technical condition. By and large, we must fundamentally improve technological discipline in industry and other branches of the economy."
"In recent years, we have made a number of achievements. Water losses during transportation have decreased by 6.3%, while sewage dumping has been reduced by 9%. The introduction of the closed cycle technology has increased the reuse of water by 6.5%. The quality of water, including that from drinking water sources, has improved. The water-holding capacity of our GDP has been reduced, although we are still behind many countries in this respect."
"We are witnessing the establishment of key elements of the national nanotech network, which includes publicly accessible research centres. Therefore, I think it expedient to extend the term of the federal targeted programme Infrastructure Development for the Nanotechnology Industry for another year, that is, through the end of 2011."
"At this stage, I think it is extremely important to create and stimulate domestic demand, an approach that involves, among other things, the Government procuring nanotechnology products for Government needs and for the needs of companies in which the Government holds stakes, such as healthcare, educational, research and housing and utilities companies. And if we are discussing the allocation of federal resources, investing in innovative technologies is certainly the best decision we could make."
