In his address, V.V. Putin announced the main tasks for 2017 in the healthcare sector:

"Dear Colleagues!

The meaning of our entire policy is to save people, to increase human capital as the main wealth of Russia. Therefore, our efforts are aimed at supporting traditional values ​​and family, demographic programs, improving the environment, human health, and developing education and culture.

You know, I can’t help but say a few words about what’s really happening, what we have here, what we’ve achieved. Natural population growth continues.

In 2013 - demographers have this concept of “fertility rate” - it was 1.7 in Russia, which is higher than in most European countries. For example, I’ll say: Portugal - 1.2, in Spain, Greece - 1.3, Austria, Germany, Italy - 1.4, in the Czech Republic - 1.5. This is data for 2013. In 2015, the total fertility rate in Russia will be even higher, slightly, but still higher - 1.78.

We will continue changes in the social sphere so that it becomes closer to people, to their needs, and is more modern and fair. Social sectors must attract qualified people, talented young people, so we are raising the salaries of specialists and improving their working conditions.

I note that the competition in medical and pedagogical universities- most recently it was almost zero - but it is growing confidently. In 2016, there were 7.8 people for teaching specialties, and after admission in 2016, the total competition for budget places in medical universities was already almost 28 people per place. May God grant health and success to all young specialists in their work in the future.

I remember well how at one time I discussed with my colleagues projects for the development of high-tech medical care, as well as a network of perinatal centers, which we did not have at all. Now, in 2018, there will already be 94 of them in Russia.

And today our doctors save newborns in the most difficult cases. And according to these indicators, we have also taken the position of the leading countries in the world.

At the end of 2015, the infant mortality rate in Russia was 6.5 per thousand live births, and in the European region of the World Health Organization the figure was 6.6, that is, we were already a little better. Based on the results of 10 months of 2016, Russia reached the level of 5.9.

Over the past ten years, the volume of high-tech medical care has increased 15 times. Hundreds of thousands of complex operations are performed not only in leading federal centers, but also in regional clinics. If in 2005, when we started this program, 60 thousand people in Russia received high-tech medical care, in 2016 this will already be 900 thousand. We also need to move on. But still, compare: 60 thousand and 900 - the difference is significant.

Next year we need to put in place mechanisms for sustainable financing of high-tech care. This will make it possible to further increase its availability and reduce waiting times for operations.

In general, it must be said frankly that problems in healthcare remain in general; there are still a lot of them. And above all, they concern primary care. Its development must be given priority attention.

Citizens are often faced with queues and a formal, indifferent attitude. Doctors are overloaded, it is difficult to get to the right specialist. There are often cases when clinics are equipped with the latest equipment, but medical workers simply do not have enough qualifications to use this equipment.

Starting next year, regular retraining of doctors will be organized at federal and regional medical centers and universities. At the same time, with the help of an educational certificate, a specialist will be able to choose where and how to improve his qualifications.

We will continue to increase the level of healthcare informatization in order to make it convenient and simple to make appointments and maintain documentation. It is necessary to free doctors from routine, from filling out heaps of reports and certificates, and give them more time to work directly with the patient.

Also, with the help of information technology, the efficiency of control over the market of vital drugs will be significantly increased. This will make it possible to get rid of fakes and counterfeits, and stop inflated prices when purchasing medicines for hospitals and clinics.

Over the next two years, I propose to connect all hospitals and clinics in our country to high-speed Internet. This will allow doctors, even in a remote city or village, to use the capabilities of telemedicine and quickly receive advice from colleagues from regional or federal clinics.

I would like to draw the attention of the Ministry of Communications to this. The Minister assured us that this task is absolutely realistic and achievable.

I just said this from the podium, the whole country will now watch this closely.

Taking into account its geography, huge, sometimes difficult to access territories, Russia also needs a well-equipped air ambulance service. Starting next year, the air ambulance development program will cover 34 regions of the country, which will receive funds from the federal budget.

First of all, this is Siberia, the North, the Far East. For these purposes (the deputies know about this, this was also your initiative) in 2017, 3.3 billion rubles will be allocated (this should pass in the second reading) for the purchase of aviation services as part of the air ambulance development project.”

In his thirteenth message Federal Assembly Vladimir Putin emphasized the clearly formulated request of Russian society to the authorities for justice, respect for people and support for civil initiatives. The implementation of these principles requires specific measures, and the President elaborated on each of them.

Vladimir Putin immediately outlined the main topics of the message - economics, social issues and domestic policy. The president succinctly mentioned foreign policy at the very end of his speech.

The president began with a seemingly abstract topic, which, nevertheless, set the tone for all the other theses he expressed:

“Any injustice or untruth is perceived very sharply. This is generally a feature of our culture. Society resolutely rejects arrogance, rudeness, arrogance and selfishness, no matter who all this comes from, and increasingly values ​​such qualities as responsibility, high morality, concern for public interests, willingness to hear others and respect their opinions.”

Based on these principles – justice, respect and willingness to listen to others, the head of state called on those gathered to build the country’s policy and interact with citizens.

Traditionally, the president quickly moved from the general to the specific, and his speech, which this time lasted 68 minutes, can be divided into the following theses, on the basis of which the political, economic and social development of Russia for the coming year will be built.

1. Increased role State Duma and strengthening of legislative power, as well as the development of institutions of direct democracy. Putin emphasized that “ United Russia" - the party he created and supported this time has a constitutional majority, and it "is the main support of the government in parliament." It is significant that many of the theses later voiced by the president previously appeared as promises in the election program of United Russia. It is unlikely that everyone who voted for the party on September 19 carefully read this voluminous document, but in fact the goals and objectives stated by the president are the fulfillment of the orders of that part of the citizens, on the basis of whose wishes the program of the party in power was drawn up.

2. Free thinking and inadmissibility of censorship based on respect for other people's opinions. The President addressed both parts of society - the “creators” who believe that there are no boundaries for self-expression, and the “guardians” who for some reason are sure that their strict artistic taste can serve as an excuse for destroying works of art or disrupting performances.

On the one hand, “this does not mean that, juggling in beautiful words and hiding behind arguments about freedom, someone can offend the feelings of other people and national traditions.” On the other hand, the president considers “a counter aggressive reaction unacceptable, especially if it results in vandalism and violation of the law. The state will react harshly to such facts.”

And once again - for those who did not understand the first time: “And in culture, and in politics, in the media, and in public life“In polemics on economic issues, no one can prohibit free thinking and openly expressing one’s position.”

3. The anniversary of revolutions is a reason for unification, not division. People all over the world love beautiful dates, and Russia is no exception. Collapse Russian Empire was caused by a combination of many external and internal factors, but any revolution occurs when one part of society ceases to hear the other, and the government is unable to achieve their reconciliation or, worse, itself remains extremely far from the current agenda.

Therefore, as the president noted, “it is unacceptable to drag splits, anger, grievances and bitterness of the past into our lives today, in our own political and other interests to speculate on the tragedies that affected almost every family in Russia, no matter what side of the barricades our ancestors found themselves on then.” " “Let’s remember, we are one people, we are one people, and we have one Russia,” he emphasized.

Any historical discussion should be conducted on the basis of this axiom; attempts to “finish the war” and impose one’s opinion on the events of a hundred years ago as the only correct one are unacceptable.

4. Saving the nation. These are primarily fertility and medicine. If everything is more or less good with our birth rate, the figures are higher than the European average, and infant mortality is steadily decreasing, then with medicine in general it is not so good yet. Putin focused on one important achievement - the number of people who received high-tech medical care has increased 15 times over 11 years - from 60,000 people to 900,000. But problems remain in primary care - a lack of qualified specialists, queues, insufficient information technology. To solve these problems, specific actions will be taken, in particular, regular retraining and connecting all hospitals and clinics to high-speed Internet, which will allow for more active development of telemedicine. Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov was named personally responsible for the internetization of medicine.

5. High-quality secondary education. This topic, like the previous one, was actively studied during the campaign for the State Duma, so the president dwelled on it in detail. Elimination of the third and then second shifts, the development of children's technology parks, the formation of support centers for gifted students in the regions, as well as extracurricular projects in the theater, cinema, television, museums and the Internet. The main tasks of schools and teachers are “to provide knowledge and educate a moral person,” the fundamental principle is “every child and teenager is gifted, discovering his talents is our task.” That is, respect should extend not only to adults, but also to children.

6. "Atmosphere of common affairs." Perhaps never before has a head of state paid so much attention to volunteering and non-profit organizations in his address. Federal and regional authorities are tasked not only with not interfering with civil initiatives, but with supporting them. “I want both governors and municipal authorities to hear me. I ask you, as they say, not to be greedy, not to give preference exclusively to state-owned structures out of habit, but to involve as much as possible in the execution of social services and non-profit organizations“, the president addressed the officials. Already at the beginning of next year it will become clear whether they heard, or, as in the case of “academic officials,” the slow-witted ones will have to part with their chairs. But support for civil initiatives by the president personally is a serious argument for NGO workers when communicating with officials different levels. It will be more difficult to “brush it off.”

7. Improvement for the sake of people, not for the sake of improvement. Speaking on this topic, the president mentioned the ONF for the first time in his speech, calling on “front-line soldiers” to organize “effective control, and with its help, achieve concrete results” in the course of disbursing 20 billion rubles, which will be sent to the regions for improvement. The President also called on both the ONF and civil society as a whole to join in solving “such problems as improving environmental legislation, preserving rare species of animals and plants, and creating a humane system for treating stray animals.” Declared the Year of Ecology, 2017 should not be a formal event, but an opportunity to make our cities and towns more comfortable for life - to eliminate landfills, tidy up rivers and lakes.

In the same block, Putin spoke about large-scale plans to modernize the road network outside Moscow and St. Petersburg - “in two years, at least half of the roads here should be put in order.”

8. Eeconomics – from sustainability to growth. The president dwelled on what allowed the country to survive the current crisis with minimal losses - and what could become drivers of growth - in particular detail, with numbers and details. To put it as briefly as possible, against the backdrop of the constant howls of the opposition “everything is lost, boss,” a powerful agro-industrial complex was created in the country, the income from the export of its products last year exceeded the income from the arms trade, as well as the IT sector. The agro-industrial complex brought in 16.2 billion dollars on the foreign market, the defense industry - 14.5 billion, information Technology– 7 billion

Development will go in the same direction - credit support for farmers, benefits on insurance premiums for IT companies, an increase in the number of civilian products produced by the agro-industrial complex.

The tax system will remain unchanged until the end of 2018, and on January 1, 2019, a new one will go into effect, which should also remain unchanged for many years.

Unscrupulous law enforcement officers will not be allowed to “make a nightmare of business.” Regional banks should be allowed to approach the assessment of small business borrowers less strictly. Also, the state should support self-employed people; accusing them of “illegal entrepreneurship” is unacceptable, the president believes.

9. " The fight against corruption is not a show.” Traditionally noting that the majority of civil servants are honest people, and “neither position, nor high connections, nor past merits can be a cover for dishonest government officials,” Putin criticized investigators who raise “information noise around so-called high-profile cases.” . The President recalled the presumption of innocence and noted that the fight against corruption will only receive public support when it is professional, serious and responsible. That is, again we are talking about respect for people, preventing a serious topic from turning into a farce.

10. Science and high tech- national security issue. The President also dwelled on this topic in detail. He outlined the main problem, which has remained unchanged for more than a hundred years - “to transform research foundations into successful commercial products.” “By the way, we have always suffered from this; a huge amount of time passes from development to implementation,” the president noted. In order to reverse this trend, a wide range of measures has been developed: this includes support for education - engineering, technical and IT, financial support scientific research, including from VEB, the allocation of grants designed for seven years of work, the creation of laboratories, the return of scientists who went abroad. The task is formulated quite clearly and unambiguously: “It is necessary to focus on areas where the powerful technological potential of the future is accumulating, and these are digital and other so-called end-to-end technologies that today determine the appearance of all spheres of life. Countries that can generate them will have a long-term advantage, the opportunity to receive enormous technological rent. Those who do not do this will find themselves in a dependent, vulnerable position.”

All these priorities are included in the “Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia”. The decree approving it was signed.

11. “Security and the opportunity for development are not for a select few, but for all countries and peoples.” Foreign policy became the final topic the president addressed. Here, too, everything is quite clear and unambiguous. Russia has been and remains a peace-loving power, interested in partnership with all countries of the world. As an example, the head of state cited Russian-Chinese cooperation, which is “an example of world order relations built not on the idea of ​​dominance of one country, no matter how strong it may be, but on harmonious consideration of the interests of all states.”

Putin emphasized the inadmissibility of censorship in the global information space, the unacceptability of the concept of “exceptionalism” of any country, and also called on the new US administration to fight “a real, not fictitious threat - international terrorism” and warned that “attempts to break strategic parity are extremely dangerous and can lead to a global catastrophe."

The head of state also expressed gratitude to those who are fighting terrorism, both outside and inside Russia.

At the end of the message, the president especially noted that during the crisis, “we did not delve into any trifles of the current day, we did not deal only with the problems of survival, we thought about the development agenda and ensured it - and today it is this agenda that is becoming the main one, coming to the fore "

“The future of the country depends only on us, on the work and talent of all our citizens, on their responsibility and success. And we will definitely achieve the goals set before us, solve the problems of today and tomorrow,” these words concluded Vladimir Putin’s thirteenth presidential message, which is also the first for the new State Duma.

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Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly with his annual Address. The announcement of the Message, according to tradition, took place in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin in the presence of over 1000 invitees.

V. Putin: Dear members of the Federation Council! Dear deputies of the State Duma! Citizens of Russia!

I would like to begin this year’s Message with words of gratitude to the Russian military personnel who are fighting international terrorism.

Today here, in the St. George Hall, the historical hall of Russian military glory, there are combat pilots and representatives of the Armed Forces - participants in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria.

Gelena Yuryevna Peshkova and Irina Vladimirovna Pozynich, who lost their husbands in the war on terror, found the strength to join us. Low bow to you and the parents of our heroes.

I ask you to honor the memory of the fallen soldiers who gave their lives while fulfilling their duty, and the memory of all Russian citizens who died at the hands of terrorists.

(Minute of silence.)

Dear Colleagues!

Russia has long been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism. This is a fight for freedom, truth and justice. For the lives of people and the future of the entire civilization.

We know what the aggression of international terrorism is. Russia faced it in the mid-90s, and our country and its citizens experienced brutal terrorist attacks. We remember the hostage takings in Budyonnovsk, Beslan, Moscow, the merciless explosions of residential buildings, the crash of the Nevsky Express train, terrorist attacks in the capital's metro and at Domodedovo airport.

These tragedies claimed thousands of lives. This is a grief that is forever with us, with the country, with the relatives and friends of the innocent people who died.

It took almost ten years to break the back of the bandits. We have practically driven the terrorists out of Russia, but we are still waging an irreconcilable fight against the remnants of the underground gangs. But this evil still makes itself felt. Two years ago there were terrorist attacks in Volgograd. Just recently, a Russian civilian plane was blown up over the Sinai.

It is impossible to defeat international terrorism by the forces of only one country, especially in conditions when the borders in the world are actually open, and the world is also experiencing a new migration of peoples, when terrorists receive constant financial support.

The threat of terrorism is growing. The problem of Afghanistan has not yet been resolved. The situation in this country is alarming and does not inspire optimism, and recently stable, quite prosperous, by the way, countries of the Middle East and North Africa - Iraq, Libya, Syria - have turned into a zone of chaos and anarchy, from which a threat to the whole world emanates.

And we know why this happened. We know who wanted to remove unwanted regimes and roughly impose their own rules. As a result what? They started a mess, destroyed the statehood, pitted people against each other, and then simply, as we say in Russia, washed their hands of it, opening the way for radicals, extremists and terrorists.

A particular danger to us comes from militants who have concentrated in Syria. Among them there are many immigrants from Russia and CIS countries. They receive money, weapons, accumulate strength. And if they get stronger and win there, they will inevitably end up with us to sow fear and hatred, blow up, kill, and torture people. And we are obliged to meet them and destroy them at distant approaches.

This is why the decision was made to military operation on the basis of an official appeal from the legal, legitimate Syrian government. And in Syria ours Armed forces They fight primarily for Russia, defending the safety of our citizens.

The Russian army and navy have convincingly demonstrated their combat readiness and increased capabilities. Modern Russian weapons operate effectively, and the invaluable practice of their use in combat conditions is generalized and will be used to further improve our military equipment and weapons. Thanks to the engineers, workers - everyone who works at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

In the fight against terrorism, Russia has demonstrated utmost responsibility and leadership. These decisive actions are supported by Russian society. And in this absolutely definite position of our citizens there is a deep understanding of the total threat of terrorism, the manifestation of true patriotic feelings and high moral qualities, the conviction that national interests, our history, traditions, and our values ​​must be protected.

Lessons from the past full height stood before the world community. The historical parallels are obvious.

In the twentieth century, the reluctance to timely unite efforts in the fight against Nazism was paid for with tens of millions of lives and the bloodiest world war.

Today we are again face to face with a destructive, barbaric ideology and we have no right to allow the newly emerged obscurantists to achieve their goals.

It is necessary to discard all disputes and differences, create one powerful fist, a united anti-terrorist front that will act on the basis international law and under the auspices of the United Nations.

Every civilized state is now obliged to contribute to the defeat of terrorists, to confirm its solidarity - and not with declarations, but with concrete actions.

This means no shelter for bandits. None double standards. No contact with any terrorist organizations. No attempts to use them for your own purposes. No criminal, bloody business with terrorists.

We know, for example, who in Turkey is lining their pockets and allowing terrorists to make money by selling oil stolen in Syria. It is with this money that the bandits recruit mercenaries, buy weapons, and organize inhumane terrorist attacks directed against our citizens, against the citizens of France, Lebanon, Mali, and other states. We also remember that it was in Turkey that the militants who operated in the North Caucasus in the 90s and 2000s took refuge and received moral and material support. And now we still notice them there.

Meanwhile, the Turkish people are kind, hardworking and talented. We have many long-time and reliable friends in Turkey. And I emphasize: they should know that we do not equate them with part of today’s ruling elite, which is directly responsible for the death of our military personnel in Syria.

We will not forget this complicity with terrorists. We have always considered and will continue to consider betrayal to be the most recent and shameful thing. Let those in Turkey know this who shot our pilots in the back, who are hypocritically trying to justify themselves, their actions and cover up the crimes of terrorists.

In general, dear colleagues, I don’t understand why they did this. Any questions, any problems, any contradictions that we did not even see could have been resolved in a completely different way. Moreover, we were willing to cooperate with Turkey on its most sensitive issues and were willing to go to lengths that their allies were unwilling to do. Only, probably, Allah knows why they did it. And, apparently, Allah decided to punish the ruling clique in Turkey, depriving it of reason and reason.

But they will not expect a nervous, hysterical reaction from us, dangerous for ourselves and for the whole world. A reaction designed for some external effects or even momentary domestic political consumption. It will not happen.

Our actions will be primarily based on responsibility to our country, to our people. We are not going to and will not rattle sabers. But if anyone thinks that having committed a vile war crime, the murder of our people, they will get off with tomatoes or some kind of restrictions in the construction and other industries, then they are deeply mistaken. We will remind you more than once of what they did. And they will regret what they did more than once. We know what needs to be done.

Now our Armed Forces, special services, and law enforcement agencies have been mobilized to repel the terrorist threat. But everyone must understand their responsibility: the authorities, political parties, civil society structures, media.

The strength of Russia lies in the free development of all peoples, in the diversity, harmony of our cultures, languages, and traditions, in mutual respect and dialogue between Orthodox Christians and Muslims, followers of Judaism and Buddhism.

We are obliged to firmly counter any manifestations of extremism and xenophobia, and to preserve interethnic and interreligious harmony. This is the historical basis of our society and Russian statehood.

Elections to the State Duma will take place in 2016. And addressing the party leaders and participants in the future electoral process, all socio-political forces, I would like to quote the outstanding historian Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. This is what he wrote: “Whoever does not respect himself will, without a doubt, be respected by others. I’m not saying that love for the Fatherland should blind us and convince us that we are better than everyone and in everything. But a Russian must know his worth.”

Yes, we can argue about ways to solve certain problems. But we must maintain our unity and remember that the main thing for us is Russia.

Election competition must be fair and transparent, within the framework of the law, and with respect for voters. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure unconditional public trust in the election results and their strong legitimacy.

Dear Colleagues! I believe that the necessary attention in the programs of candidates for deputies will be given to issues of combating corruption. They, these questions, really concern society. Corruption is an obstacle to Russia's development.

Today, officials, judges, law enforcement officers, deputies of all levels are required to submit declarations on income and expenses, on the availability of real estate and assets, including foreign ones.

Now information about contracts and contracts that state and municipal employees plan to enter into with the companies of their relatives, friends and loved ones will also be subject to disclosure. A situation in which there are signs of personal interest or conflict of interest will instantly fall into the zone of increased attention of regulatory and law enforcement agencies. And of course, civil society.

Just the other day, participants in the All-Russian Popular Front project “For Fair Procurement” told me about the facts of abuse they had identified, about outright violations. I beg General Prosecutor's Office, law enforcement agencies immediately respond to such information.

The law must be harsh towards those who deliberately committed a serious crime and caused damage to people’s lives and the interests of society and the state. And of course, the law must be humane towards those who have stumbled.

Today, almost every second criminal case that comes to court is related to petty, insignificant crimes, and people, including very young people, end up in prison.

Staying there and the criminal record itself usually have a negative impact on their future fate and often lead to subsequent crimes.

I ask the State Duma to support the proposals of the Supreme Court of Russia to decriminalize a number of articles of the Criminal Code and transfer crimes that do not pose a great public danger to the category of administrative offenses, but with a fundamental caveat: repeated commission of an offense should be qualified as a criminal act.

Independence and objectivity need to be increased trial. In this regard, I propose to strengthen the role of the institution of jurors and expand the number of crimes that they can consider. And taking into account the fact that it is not always easy to form a board of 12 people, I know the position of human rights organizations, they proceed from the fact that it should be exactly 12 assessors, but, I repeat, it is not easy to form this board, and it costs a lot, to be honest, you can think about reducing the number of jurors to five to seven people, but be sure to maintain full autonomy and jury autonomy in decision making.

Dear Colleagues! Last year we faced serious economic challenges. Oil prices have fallen, our other traditional export goods, the access of Russian financial institutions and companies to global financial markets was also limited.

I know that this is not easy for many people right now. Difficulties in the economy affect the incomes and, in general, the standard of living of our people. And I understand well that people are asking questions: when will we overcome difficulties and what will we do for this?

The situation is really complicated, but – I’ve already said this, I want to repeat – it’s not critical. Already today we see positive trends. Industrial production and the national currency exchange rate have generally stabilized, there has been a decline in inflation, and compared to 2014 we are recording a significant reduction in capital outflow.

But this does not mean that you need to calm down and wait for everything to be over now. miraculously will change, or just wait for oil prices to rise. This approach is fundamentally unacceptable.

We must be prepared for the fact that period low prices on raw materials, and, perhaps, external restrictions may drag on, and drag on for a long time. Without changing anything, we will simply burn through our reserves, and economic growth rates will fluctuate somewhere around zero.

But it's not only that. You can’t miss the main trends behind current problems global development. The contours of the global economy are rapidly changing, new trade blocs are being formed, and radical changes are taking place in the field of technology.

It is now that the positions of countries in the global division of labor for decades to come are being determined, and we can and must take a place among the leaders.

Russia has no right to be vulnerable. We need to be strong in the economy, in technology, in professional competencies, take full advantage of today's favorable opportunities, which may no longer exist tomorrow.

Of course, the authorities must hear people, explain the essence of emerging problems and the logic of their actions, and see civil society and business as equal partners.

What areas should be key for us?

First. Competitive production is still concentrated mainly in the raw materials and mining sectors. Only by changing the structure of the economy will we be able to solve large-scale problems in the field of security and social development, create modern jobs and improve the quality and standard of living of millions of our people.

It is important that we have successful enterprises in industry, agriculture, and small and medium-sized businesses. The goal is for the number of such companies to grow quickly and in all industries. Our programs for import substitution and export support, technological renewal of production and training of professional personnel should be aimed at achieving this goal.

Second. It must be taken into account that a number of industries are now at risk. This is primarily construction, automotive, light industry, and railway engineering. For them, the Government should offer special support programs. Financial resources are provided for this.

Third. It is necessary to support people with low incomes, the most vulnerable categories of citizens, and finally move to a fair principle of providing social assistance, when it is received by those who really need it. In particular, it is necessary to take into account the individual needs of people with disabilities, Special attention pay attention to the issues of their professional training and employment of disabled people.

We have done a lot in demography, education, and healthcare. The main guidelines in these areas are outlined in the May 2012 decrees. Of course, life makes its own adjustments, and significant adjustments, but now, given the current difficulties, responsibility for the well-being of people is only increasing, and I ask you to take these decrees most seriously. We must strive to fulfill them.

Fourth. We need to achieve budget balance. This, of course, is not an end in itself, but the most important condition for macroeconomic stability and financial independence of the country. Let me remind you that based on the results of the execution of the 2016 federal budget, its deficit should not exceed three percent, even if our revenues are lower than expected. I draw your attention to this, dear colleagues, State Duma deputies and members of the Federal Assembly, and the Federation Council as a whole. This is an important question. I just said that the financial stability and independence of the country are absolutely interconnected. Please start from these key, basic considerations.

Budget planning, each budget cycle must begin with a clear fixation of priorities; it is necessary to return the decisive role of state programs in this process. It is necessary to significantly tighten control over the movement of public funds, including federal and regional subsidies to industrial enterprises and Agriculture. I believe that they should be transferred to the final recipient only through treasury accounts. State revenues should not go by the wayside, as they say. Due to “gray” schemes when paying customs duties, excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco and fuels and lubricants, the budget loses hundreds of billions of rubles every year. This is outright theft.

I propose to form a single, holistic mechanism for administering tax, customs and other fiscal payments. There are different options here, we have discussed them many times recently. I am waiting for specific proposals from the Government. At the same time, I want to emphasize again: tax conditions for business should not change in the coming years.

This year we have generally completed the implementation of plans outlined within the framework of the national entrepreneurial initiative. The dynamics are good, but, of course, you can’t stop.

The government, together with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and leading business associations, must continue systematic work to improve business conditions, constantly monitor local law enforcement.

I consider freedom of enterprise to be the most important economic and socially significant issue. It is with this – freedom of enterprise, expansion of this freedom of enterprise – that we must respond to all the restrictions that they are trying to create for us.

That is why we have given such broad powers to the newly created Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Businesses. I ask ministries and departments, governors, heads of all regions Russian Federation, state-owned companies and banks provide it with all the necessary assistance.

Surveys show that entrepreneurs do not yet see qualitative progress in the activities of control and supervisory agencies. All instructions in this regard have been given for a long time and more than once. For as long as we have been talking about this, we are reducing and reducing these powers. In some places we reduce them, in others they grow again. A whole army of controllers continues to interfere with the work of honest businesses. This does not mean that control is not necessary. Of course, we need to control it. But I ask the Government Commission on Administrative Reform, together with business associations, to submit, by July 1, 2016, specific proposals to eliminate redundant and duplicative functions of control and supervisory authorities.

I would also like to quote figures that were prepared by one of our business associations. In 2014, investigative authorities initiated almost 200 thousand criminal cases on so-called economic charges. 46 thousand out of 200 thousand reached the court, another 15 thousand cases fell apart in court. It turns out that if you consider that only 15 percent of cases ended in a verdict. Wherein absolute majority, about 80 percent, 83 percent of entrepreneurs against whom criminal cases were filed lost their business completely or partially. That is, they were put under pressure, robbed and released. And this, of course, is not what we need in terms of the business climate. This is a direct destruction of the business climate. I ask the investigative authorities and the prosecutor's office to pay special attention to this.

Let me emphasize that the prosecutor’s office should make wider use of the tools available to it to monitor the quality of the investigation. I know that discussions on this matter have been going on for a long time, what additional information needs to be given to the prosecutor’s office. You know, at one time we separated the investigation from the prosecutor’s office in order to ensure the independence of the investigation; this was a conscious decision. Today, let me remind you, the prosecutor’s office has such tools as canceling the decision to initiate a criminal case, refusing to approve the indictment or even supporting the charges in court. We need to more actively use what is available, and only after that we will be able to analyze what is happening in practice.

In addition, I believe that during an investigation into economic crimes, placement in custody should be used as a last resort, and bail, recognizance not to leave, or house arrest should be used. Let me emphasize that the role of the law enforcement and judicial system is to protect the economy and citizens from fraud and criminals and to protect the rights, property, and dignity of everyone who follows the law and conducts their business honestly.

And one more topic. Last year, an amnesty was announced for capital returning to Russia. Meanwhile, business is not yet in a hurry to take advantage of this opportunity, which means that the proposed procedure is complex and there are not enough guarantees. I also follow the discussions that are going on in society now on this issue. They say that what we did and the decisions we made are a little better than similar decisions of past years, but this is definitely not enough today. I ask the Government to hold consultations, additional consultations with the business community, with Supreme Court, With law enforcement agencies and in short time make the appropriate adjustments, and I propose to extend the amnesty itself for another six months.

Dear Colleagues! The state will provide all the necessary assistance to those who are ready to move forward and be a leader. We are building such a system in dialogue with business based on their requests and tasks facing our country.

Financial support for import substitution projects is already provided by the Industrial Development Fund. Its programs are in demand by entrepreneurs. I propose to recapitalize the Fund by another 20 billion rubles next year.

We also guarantee stable tax and other basic conditions for investors who are ready to invest in import substitution projects. This is provided for by such a mechanism as a special investment contract. I propose, within the framework of such contracts, to give the regions the right to reduce the profit tax rate to zero. Some executives explicitly ask for this so that investors can cover their capital costs for creating new production facilities.

But, of course, we are also aware of the concerns of regional leaders. And therefore, the subjects of the Federation must have incentives to strengthen their economic base. Therefore, the increase in regional income from the implementation of such projects should not entail a reduction in federal subsidies.

We are ready to guarantee demand for these programs and these projects. I propose to give the Government the right to purchase on a non-competitive basis up to 30 percent of products created within the framework of special investment projects and special investment contracts. But everything else should go to the free market, including the foreign market, so that companies do not lose motivation, monitor quality, and strive to reduce costs.

You know, when such programs were implemented in other countries, in order to receive support from the state, even more stringent conditions were set: a certain volume of products must be sold on the foreign market. For what? In order for the manufacturer to strive to produce quality products.

We say that we will guarantee our own market. Our conditions are a little different than in those countries that acted in such a stricter manner. But we must proceed from the fact that the products that will be produced must be of the highest international level. Let me emphasize again that we will support competitive domestic production. No one should have any illusions that, under the guise of import substitution, it is possible to slip the state and citizens surrogates or stale, and even exorbitantly expensive, goods. Russia needs companies that are not only able to provide the country with modern, high-quality products, but also conquer world markets. To assist those who are ready for such work, the Russian Export Center has been created.

In addition, I propose to make the growth of non-resource exports one of the key indicators of the activities of industry departments, and the Government as a whole.

I also think it is right to implement the initiative of the business community and create an agency for technological development, which will provide assistance to enterprises in acquiring domestic and foreign patents and licenses for engineering services. Entering foreign markets, expansion Russian products should become a natural strategy for the development of national business and the entire Russian economy. And of course, you need to break stereotypes and believe in your own capabilities. If you go forward, then the result will definitely come.

An example of this is our agriculture. Ten years ago, we imported almost half of our food products from abroad and were critically dependent on imports; now Russia is among the exporters. Last year, Russian exports of agricultural products amounted to almost $20 billion. This is a quarter more than revenue from arms sales, or about a third of revenue from gas exports. And our agriculture has made such a breakthrough in a short but fruitful period. Thank you very much to the villagers.

I believe that it is necessary to set a national-level task and by 2020 completely supply the domestic market with domestic food. We can not only feed ourselves, taking into account our land and water resources, which is especially important. Russia is capable of becoming the world's largest supplier of healthy, environmentally friendly, high-quality food products, which have long been lost from some Western producers, especially since the demand on the global market for such products is steadily growing.

To solve such large-scale problems, it is necessary to concentrate resources on supporting, first of all, those farms that demonstrate high efficiency. It is on these principles that the development program for the agro-industrial complex should be built; I mean large, medium and small enterprises - all must be effective. I ask the Ministry of Agriculture to pay special attention to this.

It is necessary to put into circulation millions of hectares of arable land that are now idle, in the hands of large landowners, and many of them are in no hurry to engage in agriculture. Listen, how many years have we been talking about this? And nothing has changed. I propose to confiscate agricultural land that is not used for its intended purpose from unscrupulous owners and sell it at auction to those who want and can cultivate the land.

I ask the Government to prepare specific proposals, including draft regulations, by June 1, 2016, and I ask the State Duma deputies and all members of the Federal Assembly to amend the legislation over the next year and to adopt the relevant laws in the autumn session of next year.

We also need our own technologies for production, storage, processing of agricultural products, our own sowing and breeding fund. An extremely important task. We are still very vulnerable in these areas. I ask leading research institutes to join in solving this problem, Russian Academy sciences, as well as businesses that are already successfully implementing advanced developments.

In the last message, the launch of a national technology initiative was announced, its horizon is 15–20 years, however practical work is already underway. It showed that we have many strong teams capable of proposing and implementing innovative ideas. And in areas such as neurotechnology, unmanned technologies in aviation, and in transport in general, energy storage and distribution systems, Russia has every chance of being among the first to break into global markets, and in the near future, in the coming years.

Development institutions must be aimed at solving priority problems, primarily related to technological modernization. We have more than two dozen of them. Let's face it, many of them, unfortunately, have turned into a real dump for “bad” debts. It is necessary to clear them, and, of course, to optimize the structure and mechanisms of this work. I know that both the Government and the Central Bank are now actively working on this.

To renew the economy, we should more actively use the investment potential of domestic savings. I ask the Central Bank and the Government to submit proposals for the development of the corporate bond market, which we have also discussed several times. It is necessary to simplify the procedure for their release and acquisition. And to make it profitable for investors and citizens to invest in the development of the domestic real sector, I propose to exempt coupon income on these bonds from taxation, including from personal income tax.

In industry and agriculture, in transport and in housing construction, dozens of large projects are currently being implemented or are being prepared for launch. They should have a positive effect not only for individual industries, but also provide an incentive for the integrated development of entire territories. First of all, these are, of course, private projects.

In order for them to be implemented faster and more efficiently, it is necessary to make targeted changes to legislation, remove administrative barriers, and provide assistance with infrastructure development and promotion to foreign markets. Often these issues go beyond the boundaries of one department, so I propose creating a mechanism to support the most significant projects. This could be done by a special project office. I ask the Prime Minister, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, to submit proposals for the work of such a structure.

By the way, one of the projects could be the creation of large private Russian companies in the field of e-commerce, so that Russian goods are supplied via the Internet to all countries of the world. We have something to supply.

Dear Colleagues! We are interested in broad business cooperation with foreign partners, we welcome investors who are focused on long-term work in the Russian market, even despite the current, not always simple, circumstances. We highly appreciate their favorable attitude towards our country, towards the advantages that they see here for the development of their business. To open up additional opportunities for increasing economic ties with Russia, our country is participating in integration processes.

We have already reached a qualitatively new level of interaction within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, a single space has been created with the free movement of capital, goods, work force. An agreement in principle was reached on linking Eurasian integration with the Chinese Economic Belt initiative Silk Road" A free trade zone with Vietnam has been created. Next year we will hold the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi and, I am sure, we will be able to develop a joint mutually beneficial cooperation agenda.

I propose, together with my colleagues in Eurasian Studies, economic union begin consultations with members of the SCO and ASEAN, as well as with states that are joining the SCO, on the formation of a possible economic partnership. Together, our states make up almost a third of the world economy in purchasing power parity terms. Such a partnership at the initial stage could focus on issues of protecting investments, optimizing procedures for the movement of goods across borders, joint development of technical standards for products of the next technological generation, and mutual opening of access to the services and capital markets. Naturally, this partnership should be built on the principles of equality and consideration of mutual interests.

For Russia, such a partnership will create fundamentally new opportunities for increasing supplies of food, energy, engineering, educational, medical and tourism services to the Asia-Pacific region, will allow us to play a leading role in the formation of new technological markets, and also expand large global trade flows to Russia.

We will continue to modernize the transport infrastructure. We will develop powerful logistics centers, such as the Azov-Black Sea and Murmansk transport hubs, modern ports in the Baltic and the Far East, and strengthen the system of interregional air transportation, including in the northern and Arctic territories. At one of the upcoming meetings of the State Council, we will consider in detail the state of inland waterways and river routes.

The Northern Region should become the connecting link between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region sea ​​route. In order to increase its competitiveness, we intend to extend the preferential treatment of the free port of Vladivostok to the key harbors of the Far East, which is what entrepreneurs working in this strategically important region of Russia are asking us to do.

The socio-economic recovery of this region is the most important national priority. Investors are already showing serious practical interest in the new work mechanisms that we have proposed, including priority development areas.

I instruct the Government to speed up the adoption of a decision on equalizing energy tariffs for those Far Eastern regions in which they are significantly higher than the Russian average, and I ask the deputies to promptly consider the law on free provision of land to citizens in the Far East.

Behind last years significant resources have been invested in the development of Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, and people see these changes. Komsomolsk-on-Amur should become another dynamic center of the Far East. This is a city with legendary history, with a modern high-tech industry that produces in-demand civilian products and successfully works for the defense industry. But the urban and social infrastructure here is in a state of disrepair.

This applies to the general appearance of the city, and to sports facilities, culture, healthcare institutions, education - all this does not correspond to the potential of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which is also why it is difficult to attract young promising specialists, whom the region's enterprises are in dire need of. I believe that within the framework of existing programs it is necessary to concentrate resources and, without delay, direct them to solving the urban problems of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Of course, this cannot be done from today to tomorrow, but you need, in any case, to understand what to do, how, and at what pace.

Dear Colleagues! We have a long-term agenda that should not depend on election cycles or the current environment. And it is clear that saving the nation, raising children and discovering their talents is what determines the strength and future of any country, including ours.

I would like to start with demographics. For three years in a row, Russia has experienced natural population growth. Yes, it’s small for now, but it’s there. What do I want to emphasize? According to all forecasts, we should have already slipped into a new demographic hole; in a generation, the echo of the 90s would have sounded, as demographers told us and predicted, including at the level of the United Nations. But this doesn't happen. And first of all, because half of newborns today are second, third and subsequent children. Families want to raise children, believe in their future, believe in their country, and count on state support.

The maternity capital program expires next year. It has already covered more than six and a half million Russian families, including in Crimea and Sevastopol. But we understand that all these efforts are not yet enough to heal the demographic wound of the past that Russia suffered.

Of course, we understand how difficult this is for the budget; these are large, serious funds. And we said earlier that we will have to calculate whether we, as financiers say, can bear it, whether we can reliably guarantee and pay for all this. We can, no matter what the problems. I consider it necessary to extend the maternity capital program for at least another two years.

One of the most important measures of demographic policy is development preschool education. Over the past three years, about 800 thousand additional places in kindergartens have been opened. In almost all regions of Russia, children from three to seven years old are provided with access to such institutions. I know that the Prime Minister paid special, personal attention to this. Thank you, Dmitry Anatolyevich.

But for now, specific families still continue to face, many in any case, the problems of placing their child in kindergarten. And as long as this exists, we cannot consider the issue closed. I ask both the Government and regional leaders to pay special attention to this.

Now about healthcare. The main result of our entire policy in this area is an increase in life expectancy. Over the decade, it has increased by more than five years and this year, according to preliminary estimates, will exceed 71 years. But, of course, there are still a lot of problems that we have to solve.

Starting next year, Russian healthcare will completely switch to insurance principles. It is the direct responsibility of insurance companies operating in the compulsory medical insurance system to defend the rights of patients, including in the event of unreasonable refusals to provide free medical care. If the insurance organization does not do this, it must bear responsibility, including a ban on working in the compulsory medical insurance system. I ask the Government to ensure the strictest control here.

Further. We have significantly increased the volume of high-tech medical care. Let me remind you that in 2005, 60 thousand high-tech operations were performed in Russia (60 thousand!), and in 2014 – 715 thousand. For the first time in the history of the country, a significant part of such operations began to be carried out without a queue, and this is truly an achievement.

But you need to understand that some operations are expensive - as a rule, they are performed in leading federal medical centers and clinics. To finance such operations, I propose creating compulsory health insurance in the system... We have thought a lot about this topic - or additional money in common system give. Here, deputies, government leaders, and governors know what is actually happening in practice. The compulsory medical insurance system is territorial, and first of all it supports territorial health care institutions. The heads of large federal clinics, where most high-tech operations are performed, are, of course, very concerned about underfunding. Therefore, to finance such centers and carry out such operations, I propose to create a special federal part in the compulsory health insurance system. I ask that the necessary amendments to the legislation be adopted in the spring session.

But this is not enough, because while you and I are making these decisions, people still should not suffer; we need to ensure uninterrupted funding for high-tech medical care, including, until this decision is made, directly from the federal budget.

You also know that as part of the national project “Health”, a significant re-equipment of the ambulance service was carried out. We purchased a large number of modern ambulances and other equipment. It is clear that time passes, and the vehicle fleet needs repairs and renewal. Ten years have already passed. This is the responsibility of the subjects of the Federation, and they are primarily obliged to ensure the solution to this problem and find reserves.

Listen, when we did this ten years ago, I remember well, we agreed: we would pour in federal money, and then the regions should pick it up and keep it at a certain level. But that did not happen. It's a pity. I understand that there are problems, but, as I have said many times, priorities must be set correctly. It was impossible to wait again: now everything will fall apart, and we will again be given money from the federal budget. Apparently, this will have to be done, of course. But this is not what we agreed on. In any case, I ask both the Government and the regions to return to this now and solve this problem together.

People complain that they sometimes do not understand why, for example, hospitals, schools, cultural and social centers, and institutions are closed or merged. We talk all the time about the need to restructure the network, in some cases oversized. Yes it is. But we need to act very carefully here and understand that in order to reach certain indicators, it is not at all the most the best way The solution to this problem is to close rural health centers. And, unfortunately, we also see this. And then people have to travel 100 kilometers to get medical care. This does not fit into any gates at all! I ask you to be very attentive to this. And I instruct the Government to prepare and approve the methodology by March 1, 2016 optimal placement social institutions. It should be mandatory for use in the regions. It is necessary to find a form, including a legally justified one, that would allow this to be done.

In issues such as assistance to the elderly and disabled, support for families and children, we need to place more trust in civil society and non-profit organizations. They often work more efficiently, with better quality, with sincere care for people, and there is less bureaucracy in their work.

Based on the results of the “Community” civil forum, which was held in November, I propose a number of specific solutions.

First. Will be launched special program presidential grants to support NGOs working in small towns and villages.

Second. For NPOs that have proven themselves to be impeccable partners of the state, there will be a legal status“a non-profit organization that performs socially beneficial services”, a number of benefits and preferences are provided. And finally, I think it’s right to gradually allocate up to 10 percent of regional and municipal funds to non-profit organizations social programs so that NPOs can participate in the provision of social services that are financed from budgets. We proceed from the fact that we know the current legislation well, we do not impose anything, but I ask the heads of regions and municipalities to take this into account in their work.

Dear Colleagues! This year, on September 1, as you know, a meeting was held with the children who gathered in Sochi at the Sirius support center for gifted children. We really have very interesting, purposeful children and youth. We must do everything so that today's schoolchildren receive an excellent education, can engage in creativity, choose a profession they like, realize themselves, so that no matter where they live, what income their parents have, the children themselves have equal opportunities for a successful start in life .

Every year our number of schoolchildren increases; over the next ten years there will be 3.5 million more. This is great, this is very good, but it is important that this growth does not affect the quality of education and learning conditions, so that the level achieved today continues to rise. Schools require extra seats. On my instructions, the Government, together with the regions, has prepared a specific action plan in this regard. It was decided to allocate up to 50 billion rubles for repairs, reconstruction and construction of new schools next year at the expense of federal funds.

But I propose to look at these issues more broadly. For good education Comfortable buildings alone are not enough. We need a professional, motivated teacher, breakthrough new teaching technologies and, of course, opportunities for creativity, sports, and additional education. And of course, we need to take all the best that was in the previous palaces of pioneers, circles of young technicians and so on, build work on a fundamentally new, of course, modern basis, with the participation of both business and higher education institutions and universities.

I would like to note such a positive fact as the growing interest of young people in engineering and blue-collar professions, in the professions of the future. Over the past two years, competition for admission to engineering universities has almost doubled. In 2019, the world championship in professional skills will take place in Kazan. By the way, Russia was the first in the world to start holding such competitions for children aged 10–17 years. It is important that these tournaments serve as a guide for schoolchildren, for those who are just choosing their profession. We must form a whole system of national competitions for workers. I propose to call this system “Young Professionals”. A very important direction.

In a word, Russian school, additional and professional education, support for children's creativity needs to be adjusted to the future of the country, to the needs of both people, young people in in this case, and to the needs of the economy, bearing in mind the prospects for its development. They guys have to decide even more complex tasks, and they must be ready to become the first, to become not only successful in the profession, but also simply decent people with strong spiritual and moral support.

Dear Colleagues! More than once we have been faced with a fundamental, fateful choice of the path of further development. And we passed another such milestone in 2014, when the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia took place. Russia has loudly declared itself as a strong independent state with a thousand-year history and great traditions, as a nation that is consolidated by common values ​​and common goals.

We act with the same confidence now, when Russia is waging an open, and I want to emphasize this, an open, direct fight against international terrorism. We make decisions and implement them, knowing that only we ourselves can cope with the tasks facing us, but only together.

I will give one more quote, completely unexpected even for me, words said by a person far from politics. These are the words of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev, which were spoken 100 years ago. Here they are: “When we are scattered, we will be immediately destroyed. Our strength is in unity, in militancy, in complacent nepotism, which multiplies the growth of the people, and in the natural growth of our internal wealth and love of peace.” Wonderful words addressed directly to us today.

And at the same time, Russia is part of a global world that is rapidly changing. We understand well the complexity and scale of existing problems - both external and internal. There are always difficulties and obstacles on the path of any development. We will respond to all challenges, act creatively and effectively, work for the common good and for the sake of Russia. We will move forward together and together we will definitely achieve success.

(The Anthem of the Russian Federation plays.)

In his thirteenth message to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin emphasized the clearly formulated request of Russian society to the authorities for justice, respect for people and support for civil initiatives. The implementation of these principles requires specific measures, and the President elaborated on each of them.

Vladimir Putin immediately outlined the main topics of the message - economics, social issues and domestic policy. The president succinctly mentioned foreign policy at the very end of his speech.

“The future of the country depends only on us, on the work and talent of all our citizens, on their responsibility and success. And we will definitely achieve the goals set before us, solve the problems of today and tomorrow.”

The president began with a seemingly abstract topic, which, nevertheless, set the tone for all the other theses he expressed:

“Any injustice or untruth is perceived very sharply. This is generally a feature of our culture. Society resolutely rejects arrogance, rudeness, arrogance and selfishness, no matter who all this comes from, and increasingly values ​​such qualities as responsibility, high morality, concern for public interests, willingness to hear others and respect their opinions.”

Based on these principles – justice, respect and willingness to listen to others, the head of state called on those gathered to build the country’s policy and interact with citizens.

Traditionally, the president quickly moved from the general to the specific, and his speech, which this time lasted 68 minutes, can be divided into the following theses, on the basis of which the political, economic and social development of Russia for the coming year will be built.

1.Increasing the role of the State Duma and strengthening legislative power, as well as developing institutions of direct democracy. Putin stressed that United Russia, the party he created and supported, has a constitutional majority this time and “is the main support of the government in parliament.” It is significant that many of the theses later voiced by the president previously appeared as promises in the election program of United Russia. It is unlikely that everyone who voted for the party on September 19 carefully read this voluminous document, but in fact the goals and objectives stated by the president are the fulfillment of the orders of that part of the citizens, on the basis of whose wishes the program of the party in power was drawn up.

2.Free thinking and inadmissibility of censorship based on respect for other people's opinions. The President addressed both parts of society - the “creators” who believe that there are no boundaries for self-expression, and the “guardians” who for some reason are sure that their strict artistic taste can serve as an excuse for destroying works of art or disrupting performances.

On the one hand, “this does not mean that by juggling with beautiful words and hiding behind arguments about freedom, someone can offend the feelings of other people and national traditions.” On the other hand, the president considers “a counter aggressive reaction unacceptable, especially if it results in vandalism and violation of the law. The state will react harshly to such facts.”

And once again - for those who did not understand the first time: “In culture, in politics, in the media, in public life, in polemics on economic issues, no one can prohibit free thinking and openly expressing one’s position.” .

3.The anniversary of revolutions is a reason for unification, not division. People all over the world love beautiful dates, and Russia is no exception. The collapse of the Russian Empire was caused by a combination of many external and internal factors, but any revolution occurs when one part of society ceases to hear the other, and the government is unable to achieve their reconciliation or, worse, itself remains extremely far from the current agenda.

Therefore, as the president noted, “it is unacceptable to drag splits, anger, grievances and bitterness of the past into our lives today, in our own political and other interests to speculate on the tragedies that affected almost every family in Russia, no matter what side of the barricades our ancestors found themselves on then.” " “Let’s remember, we are one people, we are one people, and we have one Russia,” he emphasized.

Any historical discussion should be conducted on the basis of this axiom; attempts to “finish the war” and impose one’s opinion on the events of a hundred years ago as the only correct one are unacceptable.

4.Saving the nation. These are primarily fertility and medicine. If everything is more or less good with our birth rate, the figures are higher than the European average, and infant mortality is steadily decreasing, then with medicine in general it is not so good yet. Putin focused on one important achievement - the number of people who received high-tech medical care has increased 15 times over 11 years - from 60,000 people to 900,000. But problems remain in primary care - a lack of qualified specialists, queues, insufficient information technology. To solve these problems, specific actions will be taken, in particular, regular retraining and connecting all hospitals and clinics to high-speed Internet, which will allow for more active development of telemedicine. Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov was named personally responsible for the internetization of medicine.

5.High-quality secondary education. This topic, like the previous one, was actively studied during the campaign for the State Duma, so the president dwelled on it in detail. Elimination of the third and then second shifts, the development of children's technology parks, the formation of support centers for gifted students in the regions, as well as extracurricular projects in the theater, cinema, television, museums and the Internet. The main tasks of schools and teachers are “to provide knowledge and educate a moral person,” the fundamental principle is “every child and teenager is gifted, discovering his talents is our task.” That is, respect should extend not only to adults, but also to children.

6."Atmosphere of common affairs." Perhaps never before has a head of state paid so much attention to volunteering and non-profit organizations in his address. Federal and regional authorities are tasked not only with not interfering with civil initiatives, but with supporting them. “I want both governors and municipal authorities to hear me. “I ask you, as they say, not to be greedy, not to give preference exclusively to state-owned structures out of habit, out of practice, but to involve non-profit organizations in the execution of social services to the maximum,” the president addressed the officials. Already at the beginning of next year it will become clear whether they heard, or, as in the case of “academic officials,” they were incomprehensible. But support for civil initiatives by the president personally is a serious argument for NPO workers when communicating with officials at various levels. It will be more difficult to “brush it off.”

7.Improvement for the sake of people, not for the sake of improvement. Speaking on this topic, the president mentioned the ONF for the first time in his speech, calling on “front-line soldiers” to organize “effective control, and with its help, achieve concrete results” in the course of disbursing 20 billion rubles, which will be sent to the regions for improvement. The President also called on both the ONF and civil society as a whole to join in solving “such problems as improving environmental legislation, preserving rare species of animals and plants, and creating a humane system for treating stray animals.” Declared the Year of Ecology, 2017 should not be a formal event, but an opportunity to make our cities and towns more comfortable for life - to eliminate landfills, tidy up rivers and lakes.

“Anniversary of revolutions is a reason for unification, not division”

In the same block, Putin spoke about large-scale plans to modernize the road network outside Moscow and St. Petersburg - “in two years, at least half of the roads here should be put in order.”

8.Economy – from sustainability to growth. The president dwelled on what allowed the country to survive the current crisis with minimal losses - and what could become drivers of growth - in particular detail, with numbers and details. To put it as briefly as possible, against the backdrop of the constant howls of the opposition “everything is lost, boss,” a powerful agro-industrial complex was created in the country, the income from the export of its products last year exceeded the income from the arms trade, as well as the IT sector. The agro-industrial complex brought in 16.2 billion dollars on the foreign market, the defense industry - 14.5 billion, information technology - 7 billion.

Development will go in the same direction - credit support for farmers, benefits on insurance premiums for IT companies, an increase in the number of civilian products produced by the defense industry.

The tax system will remain unchanged until the end of 2018, and on January 1, 2019, a new one will go into effect, which should also remain unchanged for many years.

Unscrupulous law enforcement officers will not be allowed to “make a nightmare of business.” Regional banks should be allowed to approach the assessment of small business borrowers less strictly. Also, the state should, accusing them of “illegal business” is unacceptable, the president believes.

9. " The fight against corruption is not a show.” Traditionally noting that the majority of civil servants are honest people, and “neither position, nor high connections, nor past merits can be a cover for dishonest government officials,” Putin criticized investigators who raise “information noise around so-called high-profile cases.” . The President recalled the presumption of innocence and noted that the fight against corruption will only receive public support when it is professional, serious and responsible. That is, again we are talking about respect for people, preventing a serious topic from turning into a farce.

10.Science and high technology - a matter of national security. The President also dwelled on this topic in detail. He outlined the main problem, which has remained unchanged for more than a hundred years - “to transform research foundations into successful commercial products.” “By the way, we have always suffered from this; a huge amount of time passes from development to implementation,” the president noted. In order to reverse this trend, a wide range of measures has been developed: this includes support for education - engineering, technical and IT, financial support for scientific research, including from VEB, the allocation of grants designed for seven years of work, the creation of laboratories, the return of those who left scientists abroad. The task is formulated quite clearly and unambiguously: “It is necessary to focus on areas where the powerful technological potential of the future is accumulating, and these are digital and other so-called end-to-end technologies that today determine the appearance of all spheres of life. Countries that can generate them will have a long-term advantage, the opportunity to receive enormous technological rent. Those who do not do this will find themselves in a dependent, vulnerable position.”

All these priorities are included in the “Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia”. The decree approving it was signed.

11.“Security and the opportunity for development are not for a select few, but for all countries and peoples.” Foreign policy became the final topic the president addressed. Here, too, everything is quite clear and unambiguous. Russia has been and remains a peace-loving power, interested in partnership with all countries of the world. As an example, the head of state cited Russian-Chinese cooperation, which is “an example of world order relations built not on the idea of ​​dominance of one country, no matter how strong it may be, but on harmonious consideration of the interests of all states.”

Putin emphasized the inadmissibility of censorship in the global information space, the unacceptability of the concept of “exceptionalism” of any country, and also called on the new US administration to fight “a real, not fictitious threat - international terrorism” and warned that “attempts to break strategic parity are extremely dangerous and can lead to a global catastrophe."

The head of state also expressed gratitude to those who are fighting terrorism, both outside and inside Russia.

At the end of the message, the president especially noted that during the crisis, “we did not delve into any trifles of the current day, we did not deal only with the problems of survival, we thought about the development agenda and ensured it - and today it is this agenda that is becoming the main one, coming to the fore "

“The future of the country depends only on us, on the work and talent of all our citizens, on their responsibility and success. And we will definitely achieve the goals set before us, solve the problems of today and tomorrow,” these words concluded Vladimir Putin’s thirteenth presidential message, which is also the first for the new State Duma.

During his Address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin gave the government instructions relating to economic, social and environmental issues. The main ones are in the RBC review

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) before delivering his annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS)

Accelerating economic growth

“I instruct the government, with the participation of leading business associations, no later than May next year, to develop a substantive action plan until 2025, the implementation of which will allow us to reach economic growth rates higher than the world ones at the turn of 2019-2020, and therefore increase Russia’s position in the global economy "

Changes to the Tax Code

“We must orient our tax system so that it works for the main goal: to stimulate business activity, to grow the economy and investment, to create competitive conditions for the development of our enterprises. It is necessary to streamline existing fiscal benefits, make them more targeted, and abandon ineffective instruments. I propose that over the next year, we carefully and comprehensively consider proposals for setting up the tax system, and be sure to do this with the participation of business associations.<...>We need to prepare and adopt all relevant amendments to legislation and the Tax Code in 2018 and put them into effect from January 1, 2019.”

Ensuring budget sustainability

“I ask the government to work on improving the mechanisms for ensuring a sustainable budget and public finances, fulfilling all our obligations, regardless of external factors, including hydrocarbon prices.”

Launch of the digital economy

“I propose to launch a large-scale system - a program for the development of the economy of a new technological generation, the so-called digital economy. In its implementation we will rely precisely on Russian companies, scientific, research and engineering centers of the country. This is a matter of national security and independence of Russia and, in the full sense of the word, our future.”

Reducing the number of business inspections

“I would like to draw the government’s attention to the fact that in the work of control and supervisory authorities it is necessary to accelerate the introduction of an approach based on risk assessment, which will significantly reduce the number of inspections and increase their effectiveness. Increasing the transparency of control and supervisory authorities will make it possible to quickly respond to abuses, to every fact of violation of the rights of entrepreneurs by controllers.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech with the annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS)

Extension of benefits for the IT industry

“We must admit that tax benefits played a significant role in supporting IT companies. This measure allowed them to effectively realize their intellectual innovative potential.<...>To maintain this momentum, I propose to extend these benefits until 2023. I am confident that in the next decade [it will be possible] to make the IT industry one of Russia’s key export industries.”

Support for self-employed citizens

“I have already given a direct instruction to exclude the interpretation of the work of self-employed citizens as illegal entrepreneurial activity. There is no need to cling to them for far-fetched reasons. To ensure that there are no such reasons at all, I ask you to clearly define the legal status of self-employed citizens over the next year and give them the opportunity to work normally and calmly.”

Increasing the share of civilian products in the defense industry

Support for volunteer and charitable organizations

“A special sign of our time is the widespread involvement of citizens in a variety of charitable events, calls for in social networks, the media to raise funds for the treatment of patients to help children quickly find a response. People do this sincerely, selflessly in response to the dictates of their hearts. “I ask the Public Chamber and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to substantively engage in supporting volunteer and charitable movements of non-profit organizations.”

Formation of a regulatory framework for NPOs

“I instruct the government, together with legislators, to complete the formation of a clear legal framework for NPOs - performers of socially useful services, to establish requirements for their competencies, without adding additional bureaucratic barriers.”

Improvement of Russian cities

“In 2017, 20 billion rubles. will be sent to the regions for improvement, including single-industry towns.”

Creation of programs for the conservation of natural symbols of Russia

“Next year has been declared the year of ecology. I instruct the government to prepare programs to preserve Russia’s unique natural symbols, such as the Volga and Baikal.”

Road repair

“Starting next year, we will begin such projects in other large cities and urban agglomerations, where about 40 million people live. In two years, at least half of the roads need to be put in order. The decision has been made, the appropriate means have been allocated, we just need to work effectively.”

Support for agricultural cooperation

“In order for our farmers to have new opportunities to enter the market, it is necessary to pay special attention to supporting agricultural cooperation. I instruct the Ministry of Agriculture, Rosselkhozbank, Rosagroleasing and the Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises to deal with this issue. Next year we will replenish its capital by almost 13 billion rubles.”

Creation of competence centers in universities

“Next year, centers of excellence will be created at leading universities, including regional ones. They are designed to provide intellectual and personnel support for projects related to the formation of new industries and markets. A powerful factor in the accumulation of scientific and technological reserves for economic growth and social development fundamental science should serve.”

Cadets of the Faculty of Secondary Military Special Training of the Pacific Higher Naval School named after S.O. Makarov in Vladivostok watching the broadcast of the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his annual Address to the Federal Assembly of Russia (Photo: Vitaly Ankov/RIA Novosti)

Support for young scientists

“It is fundamentally important to support our talented young Russian scientists, and there are many of them, so that they create their own research teams and laboratories in Russia. A special line of grants will be launched for them, designed for a period of up to seven years. For these purposes, as well as for the development of scientific infrastructure, the opening of new laboratories, in 2017 alone, an additional 3.5 billion rubles will be allocated to the already declared resources for science.”

Support for programs to create new school places

“By the way, you and I know very well that this (program to create new school places . — RBC) is primarily the responsibility of the regional level, but we decided to support the regions in this most important area. In total, 187,998 new school places are planned to be created between 2016 and 2019.”

Creation of child support centers in the regions

“The educational center for talented children “Sirius” has already declared itself successful. I believe that we need a whole constellation of such platforms. And I would recommend that the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation think about forming in the regions on the basis best universities and schools, centers for supporting gifted children."

Providing hospitals with high-speed Internet

“I propose to connect all hospitals and clinics in our country to high-speed Internet within the next two years. This will allow doctors, even in a remote city or village, to use the capabilities of telemedicine and quickly receive advice from colleagues from regional and federal clinics. This task is absolutely realistic and achievable.”

Ensuring financing of high-tech medical care

“Next year we need to introduce mechanisms for sustainable financing of high-tech medical care. This will make it possible to further increase its availability and reduce waiting times for operations. Hundreds of thousands of complex operations are performed not only in large federal centers, but also in regional clinics. In 2005, 60 thousand people in Russia received VMT; in 2016 there will be 900 thousand. We need to move on, but the difference is significant.”