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.”
"Yes, Europeans depend on our supplies, but we, too, depend on the purchasers of our gas. This interdependence guarantees stability".
"We want to live in peace and accord. We want normal trade and work in every field, be it international security, disarmament, the fight against terrorism, against drugs, the Iranian nuclear problem-and the North Korean, which at the moment is getting somewhat more acute. We are willing to do all of this, but we want that work to be an honest, open partnership, and not self-seeking".
"A total of 3.2 billion roubles ($130.19 million, or €88.32 million) have been allocated to the Kamchatka and Primorye territories, and the Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions to make up for higher fuel oil prices. Mr Kozak has already mentioned it here. This is one of the measures which should help these regions to get through the cold season without any accidents, or emergencies. A total of 1.2 billion roubles ($48.82 million, or €33.12 million) have been earmarked for the republics of Altai, Ingushetia, and Yakutia, as well as for the disaster relief efforts in the Stavropol territory. It is planned to allocate 250 million roubles ($10.17 million, or €6.9 million) to the Republic of Mari El to cover its expenses on the 7th All-Russia Rural Summer Sports Games".
"I would also like to stress a substantial growth of investment into the national economy. For the first time, we will spend more than a trillion roubles to this end. This will be 35% more than last year".
"I would also like to stress a substantial growth of investment into the national economy. For the first time, we will spend more than a trillion roubles to this end. This will be 35% more than last year".
"I must say that in drafting the budget, the Government set itself the task of primarily funding education, health care, innovation development of the economy and infrastructure, and, of course, the security of our citizens".
"We have a young and promising team. To turn promise into reality, the sports organizers - the Ministry, and the National Olympic Committee - should do everything to create the conditions for the training of athletes who are capable of winning such stunning victories and making such achievements as we have seen now in Beijing".
"As you can see from the documents, the Defence Ministry has drafted amendments to the law on Commemorating the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. I would like to say in this context that Victory Day has always been and will remain a truly national holiday. It is the day when we recall tragic and glorious pages of our history, honouring veterans, and when we teach a lesson of patriotism and public spirit to the younger generation".
"The long-term national development concept stipulates the following key tasks: increasing average life expectancy to 75 years, stopping negative population growth; reducing mortality rates".
"We must overhaul the health care and pension systems, implement infrastructure development programmes and ensure Russia's rational integration into the global trade system. Economic growth is the only way to accomplish all these objectives. Labour productivity, a key parameter, should soar by 200%-300%".
"Our strategic goal is to ensure sustainable innovative development, to provide better educational and health-care opportunities, to improve the environment and to reliably guarantee the security of Russian citizens".
"The draft federal budget has set a target of decreasing inflation to a one-digit number in 2009. That is one of the key indicators. I'd like to ask all the departments to consider this view of the situation".
"I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that we do have a surplus. And we must use this opportunity as long as possible when we make up the budget of the country with the surplus. And I want to ask you not to encroach on it if we want to stay within planned inflation borders. Because otherwise all these expenditures will turn negative both for the economy and for individual citizens".
"In 2009 we will reach the goal of increasing social pensions to the level of the living wage. The average pension will increase. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War who require housing will be provided with it. 18.9 billion roubles has been allocated for that".
"The research and development sector is still relying only on federal resources. It has weak commercial potential and, which is exceptionally important, it is poorly integrated with education. All of this greatly aggravates its personnel problems. It is obvious that while realising the approved programmes for the modernisation of science and education, we have to think about creating new instruments".
"I consider the establishment of national universities an important part of the development of Russian science. Two national universities have already been established, the Southern and the Siberian universities. They demand our special attention and development support".
"From 2009 the federal targeted programme on Scientific and Pedagogical-Scientific Staff of Innovative Russia will come into force. I expect that it will allow us to increase the professional level of our specialists and create a clear-cut system of attracting young and promising scientists. For achieving this goal we have allocated 80 billion roubles from the federal budget".
"And we should create a system that would regulate the situation in the market fairly and rationally based on current legislation.<…> It is necessary to think over the legislation in detail, and eliminate the weak points and loopholes revealed in it. It should be systemic decisions on the formation of more transparent, flexible and fair rules of competitive struggle maintaining steady economic growth, reducing inflationary pressures, and reducing the level of corruption".
"We have recently allocated additional 500 million roubles to North Ossetia-Alania. Today we are going to decide whether we need to allocate another 540 million roubles from the Reserve Fund to render assistance to the injured and to compensate for lost property. These funds should be distributed among people, 50,000 roubles for each family to compensate for lost property".
