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 have already spoken about the importance of combating such national scourges as drunkenness and smoking, especially among the young. I think that beginning from 2009 we should start financing measures to propagate a healthy way of life and encourage people to give up harmful habits".
"In public health, the main decisions will be connected with stepping up control of socially significant diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes and some other diseases. And of course they will be connected with an increase in hi-tech medical assistance".
"In developing the budget we have, for the first time, applied in practice the «sliding three-year period» method. In other words, we correct budgetary items for 2009 and 2010 and at the same time make plans for 2011. Let me stress that all earlier budget commitments are to be complied with unconditionally. This is the underlying logic of the three-year budget".
"Of course, we should pay special attention to libraries. All it takes is to finance their revival, to impart a new quality to them, to put their work on a modern technological basis. Financing for this will come through two channels".
"On the whole I think we should change the system of remuneration for cultural workers. The Culture Ministry must think about it and make corresponding proposals. Of course, the salaries of people working in this sphere are very small and do not match the importance of culture for society. It is an evident fact".
"As the saying goes, the new is the well forgotten old, so we are planning to bring back the support system for young people's creative endeavors in the fields of science and technology. Such centres existed in Soviet times, but they gradually disappeared. We are talking about creating new centres, societies, study groups. These are important mechanisms for talent scouting and for bringing young talent into science".
"In fact it amounts to creating a general system of insurance for the provision of drugs. Under the system, the state will subsidise part of the price of the drug dose. But for this system to work we have to assess all the financial outlays, complete the development of standards of medical assistance and introduce the necessary monitoring system including, of course, quality assurance. It is necessary to protect the market from inferior and counterfeit products".
"It is necessary to guarantee energy supply to households and to the economy, especially in the autumn and winter season. To this end we have to build an effective system of interaction among all the energy market participants".
"A great deal will depend, not only in the energy industry but in the economy as a whole, on our effective and responsible actions. Much will depend on how we will modernise the economy as a whole. We understand that the modernisation of the energy industry can to a large extent be a pilot project, an example for other branches of the economy. So we must achieve a positive result here".
"We have new ministries and agencies, at least they have new names. This should not be a pretext for holding back financing of the programmes already adopted. I especially would like to draw the attention of the Minister of Economic Development and the Finance Minister to this. Equally, the change of the government institutions' status should not mean holding back funding. What matters to us is not the status of an institution or its name, but the substance of the programmes. We must implement these programmes and we must not delay them under any circumstances. So I urge my colleagues to think about an effective way of closing this problem once and for all, rather than go from door to door to various agencies and spend a whole year getting the necessary approvals. That cannot be tolerated. We don't want more red tape".
"Rational use of budget money is one of the key tasks facing every government body. Let me remind you that irrational use results in an excess of liquidity in the economy and spurs inflation. Agencies keep asking us to increase funding, and then they fail to use the allocated resources in a timely manner. Monitoring that process must be one criterion for assessing the effectiveness of government agencies".
"First, as we had expected, Russian business has displayed considerable interest in the Olympic project. That is good news. Investors in 59 infrastructure and tourist facilities have been identified. It means that the load on the state budget will be diminished. The organisational and technological resources of Russian companies will be actively used".
"It is great that young athletes - and it is important above all for the young - now have a chance to show their skills to their fans. For the first time the Russian championship will be held this season for the under-21s.<…> Today about 67,000 kids attend sports schools. That is not the limit. That is not enough. We need to promote mass sports, which is what we have been doing in recent years consistently and will do in the near future. The juniors, many of them at least, will compete in Vancouver and later in Sochi in 2014. Of course, their fans will expect results, expect victories".
"The new law on foreign investments does not ban them. On the contrary, it creates procedures that are transparent and easy for investors to understand. This is in fact the main aim of the law. It contains a closed list of types of activities for which foreigners seeking to control enterprises will have to go through a special approvals procedure".
«I think our European partners need more time to get used to cooperating with Russian companies, to be able to appreciate their contribution to the joint development. Today's examples of Russian investment in France and vice versa are practically all positive. There will be more positive examples of this kind».
«In a month, France will assume the presidency of this prestigious union. We have agreed to work together for an early start on talks for a new fundamental agreement between Russia and the EU».
«However, it seems that high-tech cooperation is the most promising area. Our French partners are invariably interested in Russia's developments in bio- and nano-technologies. We would like to cooperate in this field, and intend to create an atmosphere promoting mutually advantageous scientific and industrial partnership».
«Practically all major European energy companies are taking part in the production of hydrocarbons in Russia and they are involved in sizable projects. Total, for one, is taking part in the development of the Stockman and Kharyaginskoye deposits. Gas de France has long cooperated with Gazprom both in sales and other areas. They have very good prospects for liquefied gas».
"The updated projection of the federal budgetary revenues will increase to almost 9 trillion roubles, i.e. by more than 900 billion roubles. My heartfelt congratulations. The revenues of off-budget funds will also grow by a total of over 100 billion roubles".
