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.”
“We should invite small and medium-sized businesses to bid on state and municipal contracts, assist with office space and utilities, remove administrative barriers, including access to the local markets.”
“We need an active policy on the labour market. We need to plan measures to preserve and create new jobs and also allocate significant sums for retraining programmes and temporary employment. One of the more efficient ways to solve this problem is to support the development of small business, which can adapt more quickly to the changing economy and create new jobs with little capital.”
“This year, we plan to increase financial help for small businesses. The Bank of Development will allocate 30 billion roubles, which is 21 billion more than was previously planned. The federal budget will offer another 10.5 billion, that is additionally 6.5 billion roubles. This money will subsidise credit, interest rates, government guarantees, the development of small business infrastructure (industrial parks, business incubators and so on), plus grants and education programmes for new entrepreneurs.”
“We are going to make credit more accessible to the agro-industrial sector. Needless to say, the loan servicing should not become an excessive burden. Therefore, on some credit, the interest rates will be fully refinanced by the state. A sum of 3.5 billion roubles has been earmarked for this purpose. In addition, major projects in the agro-industrial sector may be credited by the Bank of Development. We have made this decision. The charter capital of Rosagroleasing (State Agro-Industrial Leasing Company) has been replenished with four billion roubles.”
“I am convinced that the agriculture can grow stronger and become more competitive during the global crisis, and occupy more niches in both domestic and international markets. By the way, we should help our agricultural producers sell their record grain harvest, thereby creating a solid financial base for their future development.”
“In addition to this, we are ready to purchase more than 40,000 standard flats which are either completed or about to be finished. We will earmark nearly 83 billion roubles for this purpose. By doing so we will help more than just our construction companies, but this particular sector of our economy. First, flats will be given to army service personnel and citizens residing in hazardous dwellings. Second, we will create a guarantee that the buildings which are under construction will be completed. This means that the people who invested in the construction will receive their flats.”
“We will continue making housing more affordable and helping people as much as we can. In this context, I suggest doubling to two million roubles the tax deduction for citizens who are buying or building flats. Let me explain. In this case, a family will save up to 260,000 roubles in taxes rather than up to 130,000 roubles. By way of exception, I consider it possible to make this measure retroactive because of its importance. Let us introduce it from January 1 of this year. This means that the income taxes for those who bought or built housing after this date should be recalculated and they should be reimbursed for the difference from the budget.”
“In education, we plan to concentrate on a network of national research universities, and on introducing a fixed per capita principle of financing at all levels. We will also pay special attention to developing new federal education standards, and a system of independent appraisal of the quality of education. We should support municipalities which use modern models for pre-school education. We should focus on upgrading the skills of school teachers and on other projects which will become part of the presidential initiative Our New School.”
“We are very responsible in relations with all our partners. We are taking a direct part in international anti-crisis efforts, and supporting our allies on a bilateral basis.”
