The President will set tasks for the next six years
Russian President Vladimir Putin will today deliver his annual Address to the Federal Assembly. The event will take place in Moscow at Gostiny Dvor and will begin at 12:00. MK.RU will conduct an online text broadcast of this event. Follow with us the most important statements of the head of state.
Vladimir Putin.
Let us note that the president in his message announced the launch of 5 new national projects:
— "Family" — improving the quality of life of families with children, supporting fertility.
— "Youth of Russia" — “a project about the future and for the future of the country.”
— "Long and active life" — solving the problem of life expectancy in rural areas, where it is lower than the national average.
— "Personnel" — work aimed at ensuring that teenagers become professionals in their field, ready to work in the economy of the 21st century.
— "Data Economy" — the formation of digital platforms in all key sectors of the economy and social sphere by 2030; 700 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes over 6 years.
Putin read out the message for 2 hours and 6 minutes. This is the longest message in history.
The Russian Anthem is playing. Vladimir Putin completed the announcement of the message.
The implementation of all planned plans directly depends on all the military personnel who are now fighting at the front, on the courage and determination of our comrades in arms who sacrifice themselves for us, for the sake of the Fatherland, low bow to you guys. We are one big family, we together and therefore we will do everything as we want, plan and dream. The scale of the historical challenges that Russia faces requires extremely clear, coordinated work of the state, society, and business. We believe in Victory and the future of Russia!
Putin proposed forming not only a three-year budget, but also a six-year financial plan.
Putin: By the end of the year, all new national projects must be approved and coordinated with each other.
Russia’s independence, self-sufficiency and sovereignty need to be confirmed every day, Putin believes. Russia in the future can be handed over and entrusted to people like the current heroes of the Northern Military District, the president said.
Veterans and participants in special operations in they will be able to get an education in leading universities as a priority, Putin announced.
Putin: the heroes of the special operation should take leading positions in the education system, business, government, and lead regions and enterprises.
The participants in the special operation will not retreat, will not fail or betray, Putin said. “They don’t boast about their successes, don’t utter loud slogans and words, but at turning points, it’s these people who come to the fore.”
Putin: From March 1, 2024, veterans of the Northern Military District will be able to apply for participation in the first stream of the special personnel program “Time of Heroes.”
Putin: The word “elite” has discredited itself in many ways. The true, real elite are those who serve Russia, workers and warriors who have proven their devotion to Russia.
Putin: The contribution of tourism to Russian GDP should increase to 5% by 2030, and the flow of tourists throughout the country should grow to 140 million people per year.
Putin spoke about the construction of highways and passenger transportation:
— This year, the M-12 highway will be extended to Yekaterinburg, and in 2025 — to Tyumen.
— Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to provide a financing scheme for the construction of the Dzhubga-Sochi highway.< /p>
— Air travel within Russia should become more accessible, and aviation mobility should be increased by 1.5 times by 2030 compared to 2023.
— The Russian Federation will allocate 250 billion rubles for the development of the airport network.
— The first route of the high-speed railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg will pass through Tver and Novgorod.
— Putin said , that the air fleet also needs to be updated using domestic aircraft; they must meet all modern requirements.
"It’s a difficult task, we bought too much abroad, but did not develop our own production.
— Putin instructed to deal with queues at border checkpoints; inspection time should not exceed 10 minutes.
— It is necessary to increase the capacity of railways in the southern direction, using the port capabilities of the Azov and South Seas.
Putin proposed increasing the salaries of specialists who work in forestry, meteorology, and environmental protection.
A full quote from Putin appeared from the beginning of the message, where he touched upon the topic of the possible sending of troops by NATO countries to Ukraine:
“They started talking about the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine. But we remember the fate of those who once sent their contingents to the territory of our country. But now the consequences for possible interventionists will be much more tragic. They must eventually understand that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory.
And everything they are coming up with now that scares the whole world, that all this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and therefore the destruction of civilization – Why don’t they understand this, or what? These are, you know, people who have not gone through difficult trials – they have already forgotten what war is. We, even our current generation, went through such difficult trials during the fight against international terrorism in the Caucasus, now – in the context of the conflict in Ukraine – the same thing happens. And they think that for them these are all some kind of cartoons.”
Putin talks about environmental goals:
— The volume of harmful emissions should be halved, the level of river pollution should also be halved;
— Starting from 2021, more forests are being restored in the Russian Federation than are being cut down;
— Putin announced the creation of an Environmental and Environmental Facilities Fund with a volume of 1 billion rubles.
— Residents of the northern and Far Eastern territories will receive subsidies for heating equipment, 32 billion rubles will be allocated for this.
— by 2030, will be created in all national parks of the country infrastructure for ecological tourism.
— Implementation of the federal project «Clean Water» will continue, the problem of supplying high-quality drinking water remains extremely pressing for many cities and rural settlements in Russia.
Gardening partnerships will be included in the social gasification program, the president announced.
Putin announced plans to gasify the Kamchatka Territory and some other areas using LNG.
More than 4.5 trillion rubles will be allocated until 2030 for the modernization of housing and communal services (including private funds), Putin announced.
Putin introduced a 2% rate on preferential mortgages for participants in the special operation.
Putin ordered the launch of a new program for the resettlement of emergency housing.
Putin announced the launch of the “Zemsky Cultural Worker” program:
— Over 6 years, more than 100 billion rubles will be allocated to educational , educational, historical projects in cinema, the Internet and social networks
Putin instructed to develop a regulatory framework in the field of protection of cultural heritage sites, to formulate a program for their preservation for a period of 20 years.
Putin instructed to expand the program of master plans for urban development; it should cover over 2 thousand inhabitants points.
“I ask you to provide assistance to those authorities who are improving parks, embankments, and historical city centers. It is necessary to eliminate excessive requirements for architectural heritage monuments. Measures to support companies and citizens who are willing to invest in the restoration of monuments,” — noted the president.
The Russian Federation will allocate 150 billion rubles to update public transport, Putin said.
The head of the Russian Federation also announced the allocation of an additional 66 billion rubles for the purchase of school buses, the equipment should be Russian .
Putin: We need to think about a more equitable distribution of the tax burden towards those with higher corporate and personal incomes.
Putin proposed fixing the main tax parameters until 2030.
"The tax system should provide resources for national tasks and regional programs. I propose to think through approaches to modernizing the fiscal system. It is necessary to reduce the tax burden on families, stimulate business, and close loopholes that are used to evade taxes.
Putin moved on to the section on regional development:
— Putin proposed writing off 2/3 of the regions’ debt on budget loans, this will save them about 200 billion rubles. annually.
— I propose to redirect the funds that the regions return to the budget of the Russian Federation on loans to the development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
"Regions need to be given greater opportunities to use funds for national projects. If there is money left over from repairing clinics, you don’t have to return it, but use it to purchase equipment for these clinics,” the president said.
— By 2030, 10 “lagging” regions of the Russian Federation must become self-sufficient.
Putin announced the launch of a new national project — “Data Economy”. At least 700 billion rubles will be allocated for its implementation in the next 6 years.
< p>— An updated Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence has been approved;
— Access to high-speed Internet must be provided throughout almost the entire territory of the Russian Federation;
— Russia will allocate 116 billion rubles for the development of its satellite constellation.
— Putin instructed to provide support measures for companies and startups working with Big Data and creating software.
— By 2030 it is necessary to create digital platforms in all key sectors of the economy and social sphere;
— Russia — one of the leaders in the implementation of government services in electronic form. In the field of AI, we must also be self-sufficient. This must be a real breakthrough. By 2030, the total capacity of domestic supercomputers should be increased by at least 10 times; this is a realistic task.
The temporary moratorium on business inspections has justified itself; from 2025 it is necessary to switch to a risk-based approach and minimize inspections, Putin said
He also proposed:
— Putin instructed to provide for a gradual increase in payments for companies that switch from a simplified to a general taxation system from 2025;
— A small business will be able to take a credit holiday for six months every five years without deteriorating its credit history;
— A business operating in Russia must have guarantees of the inviolability of assets.
As reported by TASS, the committee The State Duma for Education expects that it will be possible to retake the Unified State Exam under the new system, which Putin proposed in his message, as early as 2024.
Putin instructed to work out an amnesty for small companies that used business fragmentation to escape taxes.
Calling power — help, Putin said, speaking about the inadmissibility of oppression of business.
Putin: "Domestic business must operate in Russian jurisdiction. Do not withdraw funds abroad! Where, as it turns out, you can lose everything. And now my business colleagues and I keep meeting and thinking about how we can help them get something out of there. No need to take it there! Then we won’t decide how to return it.”
Putin announced new insurance guarantees and a tax deduction for citizens’ investments in the stock market:
— Putin called for the launch of a “savings certificate”. It will be possible to place funds for a long term (more than 3 years at a favorable interest rate), and banks will offer more favorable interest income. These funds will be insured for amounts up to 2.8 million rubles.
— Accumulated pension savings in the amount of 2 million 800 thousand rubles will be insured by the state.
Putin: The Industrial Development Fund will be recapitalized by 300 billion rubles. Over 6 years, Russia will allocate 120 billion rubles to subsidize companies for R&D and industrial mortgages. By 2030, the volume of investments in key industries should increase by 70%. By 2030, at least 100 additional technology parks need to be created in the Russian Federation.
Putin: By 2030, Russia should be among the 25 leading countries in the number of industrial robots. It is necessary to introduce digital technologies into management in order to increase labor productivity. By 2030, at least 40% of medium and large enterprises in Russia need to be covered by projects to increase labor productivity.
The Industrial Development Fund will be replenished by 300 billion rubles and is aimed at supporting high-tech projects, Putin announced.
Putin: The share of domestic high-tech products in the domestic market should increase 1.5 times over 6 years. By 2030, the share of imports in Russia should decrease to 17% of GDP.
Putin announced plans to launch new national projects in the field of technological development. “We need to use the experience of programs in genetics and agriculture. We are launching new national projects of technological sovereignty that will ensure the sustainability of the entire country’s economy. It is necessary to double the investments of the state and business in research and development, bringing them to 2% of GDP,” the president noted.
By 2030, at least 40 student campuses will be built in Russia, for these purposes there will be about 400 billion rubles have been allocated, Putin said. And 124 billion rubles will be allocated for the renovation of university dormitories over 6 years.
Putin proposed increasing the level of remuneration for teachers of fundamental disciplines in universities.
"Our school education has always been famous for its innovators and unique proprietary methods. It is precisely these teaching teams that will have to take part in the creation of promising schools. We will begin construction of the first leadership-level school this year in the Ryazan, Pskov, Belgorod, Nizhny Novgorod and Novgorod regions. In the future, such schools will appear in all federal districts: in the Far East, Siberia and Donbass. In total, we will open 12 such schools by 2030,” Putin said.
Putin: Over 6 years, Russia will allocate 120 billion rubles for the re-equipment of technical schools and colleges.
Before By 2028, about a million blue-collar workers will be trained for high-tech industries, the president announced.
Putin: Today’s teenagers must become professionals in their field, ready to work in the economy of the 21st century.
Putin announced the launch of the national project «Personnel».
Putin called the lack of personnel and proprietary technologies risks for the country's economy.
Putin: the share of wages in the country's GDP should increase by 2030.
Putin: the minimum wage should increase to 35 thousand rubles by 2030.
“Russia’s economy last year grew at a rate higher than the world’s, ahead of the G7 states,” Putin said. According to him, in the near future Russia will become one of the four largest economies in the world. Putin emphasized that the fundamental margin of safety played a big role in the growth of the Russian economy. According to him, the Russian economy is becoming more complex, technologically advanced, and non-resource-based.
Putin called for improving the Unified State Exam mechanism and proposed to give schoolchildren the opportunity to choose to retake the Unified State Exam in one of the subjects before the end of the campaign for accepting documents to universities.< /p>
It is necessary to improve wages in the public sector, Putin noted.
"The level of wages even in neighboring regions is different. And the work of a teacher and a doctor is equally difficult. The wage gap from region to region is unfair. The problem must be solved,” — said the president.
Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to work out a new model for remuneration of public sector employees in the regions in 2025, and to adopt it for the whole country in 2026.
Putin proposed to increase the federal payment for class management and supervision of groups in technical schools to 10 thousand rubles from March 1.
Putin proposed from September 1, 2024 to introduce an additional payment of 5 thousand rubles per month for all advisers to directors for education in schools and colleges.
Putin announced the launch of the national project “Youth of Russia”. “This should be a project for the future and about the future of Russia.”
Putin: at the expense of federal resources, at least 350 additional sports facilities must be built annually in the regions, primarily in small towns.
Putin: in the next 6 years we will allocate an additional more than 1 trillion rubles for the construction, repair and equipment of healthcare facilities.
Putin: a program for the overhaul of kindergartens will begin next year.
Putin : We have significantly reduced alcohol consumption, including strong alcohol. “Stop drinking and start skiing.”
Putin announced the launch of the national project “Long and Active Life”:
— By 2030, all citizens who need long-term care services should be provided with them;
— The average life expectancy in Russia is now 73 years, should be at least 78 years by 2030, and in the future — 80+
— From 2025, a tax deduction will be provided for everyone who undergoes a medical examination on a scheduled basis and passes the GTO standards
Putin proposed doubling — up to 2.8 thousand rubles — tax deduction for the second child, for the third and each subsequent child — up to 6 thousand rubles.
"Such a measure of support should be provided automatically without submitting an application", — he emphasized.
Putin proposed extending until 2030 the provision on the possibility of using 450 thousand rubles to pay off mortgages for families upon the birth of a third child.
Putin: the family mortgage program in Russia will be extended until 2030 while maintaining the basic parameters — with a preferential rate of 6%.
Regions where birth rates are below the Russian average will receive assistance — at least 75 billion rubles, Putin announced.
Putin called low incomes, including those of large families, one of the most pressing problems of the Russian Federation. Putin said that the problem of poverty directly affects more than 9% of the population of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to achieve a level below 7% by 2030. He also set the goal of halving poverty among large families in the Russian Federation by 2030. “The number of Russians living below the poverty line has dropped to 13.5 million people by the end of 2023, but this is still a lot,” the president said.
Putin announced the launch of a new national project “Family” ;. “A large family with many children should become the norm in Russia,” Putin said and set the task of achieving a sustainable increase in the birth rate in the Russian Federation in the next six years.
Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to increase funding for promotion programs abroad Russian language and culture of the Russian Federation.
Putin: Russia is ready for dialogue with all countries to create a new contour of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia. The Russian Federation will build with friendly countries a new global financial infrastructure, free from politics. Russia will look for new common ground with partners in the East and Latin America, the president said.
Without a sovereign and strong Russia, there can be no lasting world order impossible, Putin said.
Russia must reach a qualitatively new level of equipping the Russian Armed Forces, but at the same time allocate resources as rationally as possible, Putin said. He announced plans to seriously strengthen the groups of the Russian Armed Forces in the western direction in connection with the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.
Putin on the actions of the West: “All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons and destruction civilization. Don't they understand this? They have forgotten what war is. For them, these are all some kind of cartoons.”
Putin recalled that they have repeatedly tried to fight against Russia. “The West has started talking about the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine. But we remember the fate of those who once sent their contingents to the territory of our country. But now the consequences for possible interventionists will be much more tragic.” “We also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory.”
Putin: The West is trying to drag Russia into an arms race, repeat the trick as with the USSR in the 1980s.
Russia is ready for dialogue with the United States on strategic stability, Putin said. At the same time, he called the allegations about the Russian Federation’s alleged plans to place nuclear weapons in space a hoax. According to him, this is necessary to draw Russia into negotiations beneficial to the United States. In addition, he called the claims that Russia is going to attack Europe nonsense. Putin also called the West hypocrisy when discussing strategic stability while trying to inflict strategic defeat on the battlefield.
Putin recalled new weapons — the Burevestnik cruise missile, the Zircon sea-based hypersonic strike complex, the Kinzhal hypersonic complex, which are used in the Northern Military District, as well as the Sarmat complex, which has already been delivered to the troops and will soon will be demonstrated. At the same time, the president emphasized that work on new weapons continues and “they will hear about them soon.”
Putin: The Russian Armed Forces are confidently advancing and liberating new territories during the Northern Military District. Russia will do everything to end the war, eradicate Nazism, and solve all the tasks of the special operation.
Putin: The Russian Armed Forces have gained enormous experience. The combat capabilities of the Armed Forces have increased many times over. There are problems in the army, but there is an understanding of how to solve them, work goes on continuously at the front and in the rear.
Putin thanked everyone who fights for Russia and said that the country will always remember those who fell as heroes and announced a minute silence.
Putin: we will continue to develop democratic institutions, but we will not allow anyone to interfere in our internal affairs. The West wanted to bring discord into our home, but it miscalculated. “The centuries-old cohesion and unity of the peoples of Russia is a colossal and all-conquering force.” We will only determine our path ourselves, based on our traditions and beliefs.
Putin asked all authorities to do everything to support the families of the SVO participants.
Putin: the decisive role in the struggle that Russia is waging today belongs to its citizens. They work in production in three shifts, as many as the front needs. Over the past two years, Russian business has sent billions of rubles to volunteer organizations supporting fighters. Our heroes, who are on the front line, where it is most difficult, know that the whole country is with them.
Vladimir Putin began his speech. He says that Russia has proven that it can solve the most serious problems, and big problems remain to be solved, but this can only be done by everyone together.
Vladimir Putin entered the hall.
Everyone is waiting for Vladimir Putin to appear.
Journalists note that Dmitry Medvedev smiles noticeably before starting the message.
Gostiny Dvor has declared full readiness. All seats are taken. They bring additional chairs.
RT showed what they serve to those gathered in Gostiny Dvor.
Photo: RT video frame .
All three co-chairs of Putin’s electoral headquarters came to the event: artistic director of the Tabakov Theater Vladimir Mashkov, Speaker of the DPR Parliament Artem Zhoga and the head physician of Moscow City Hospital No. 52 Maryana Lysenko.
Denis Pushilin, Artem Zhoga, Nikolai Valuev, Alexander Karelin, Karen Shakhnazarov were spotted in Gostiny Dvor.
"Lighthouse" reports that State Duma deputies were brought to Gostiny Dvor on buses from the Chinese company Yutong.
Political scientist Sergei Markov shared his expectations from Putin’s speech: “About “red lines” and about “everything is going according to plan” and about “we were deceived again” no longer. The limit on these phrases has long been exhausted. And there will be a hymn to our people, their heroism and wisdom. And this is the right choice.”
Dmitry Peskov announced that Putin’s message contained “decisions and projects that are important for the history of the country.”
Dmitry Peskov noted that some of the words in the message will be addressed to the West, but the president will focus on issues of sovereignty of Russia.
The Kremlin reported that the message will last exactly more than an hour. At the same time, TV channels included one hour in the broadcast schedule. “The task is to lay out a plan of action, no one is focused on minutes,” said Dmitry Peskov.
Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said before the event that Vladimir Putin would announce a message as head of state and as a candidate in the presidential election. According to Peskov, during the message theses will be announced for longer periods than 2030. At the same time, the head of the Kremlin press service emphasized that Putin is far from populism, never makes empty promises and will only voice carefully thought-out plans.
In Gostiny Dvor, everything is ready for the start of the message. The chairs are arranged in 32 rows — for a total of 1.3 thousand guests. Members of the Cabinet of Ministers, representatives of the clergy, deputies, senators, social activists, and members of the SVO have already gathered in the hall.
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The location of the announcement of the message to the Federal Assembly was kept secret until the very end. To find out the meeting point and time, accredited journalists had to scan a special QR code generated by the Kremlin press service. Contrary to expectations, it turned out that it was not the Grand Kremlin Palace, whose state rooms seemed better suited than others for this kind of event…
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Vladimir Putin will read out his Address to the Federal Assembly for the 19th time as president of the country. This is an annual event, although there were no speeches in 2017 and 2022. Traditionally, during his speech, the head of state assesses the state of affairs in the country and determines the main directions of domestic and foreign policy.
The Kremlin does not announce the main points of the message in advance. But we can assume that one of the main topics will be the conduct of a special military operation. In the hall, as at the announcement of the message in 2023, members of the SVO will be present. And last time, the president began his speech by talking about the reasons for the start of the operation. After that, he moved on to the tasks of socio-economic development of new regions of Russia and stimulating the country's economy under sanctions. Let us recall that last year, during his address, Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of Russia’s participation in the New START Treaty and the abandonment of the Bologna system in domestic higher education.
The message in 2024, as the president himself recently said at the ASI forum “Strong Ideas for New Times,” will be a statement of tasks for the next at least six years. At the same time, he invited the forum participants to express “strong ideas” that Russia needs and which need to be formulated properly.
And at the February meeting with the workers of Uralvagonzavod Putin made it clear that during the address new measures to support families could be announced, especially since 2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in Russia. Many experts, for example political scientist Evgeniy Minchenko, believe that social issues will become dominant in the message and the president’s proposals will be focused on solving problems in people’s everyday lives.
Chairman of the LDPR and head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky said that during the address the president can give instructions to the Federal Assembly and the government to create mechanisms aimed at enhanced development of the regions. Slutsky also expects that Putin will develop the key provisions of the Concept of Russian Foreign Policy and touch upon the topic of Russia's international mission — to contribute to the formation of a new, more equitable world order.
Head of the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities Vyacheslav Timchenko believes that Putin will first of all touch on the topic of development of production and industries that have suffered as a result of Western sanctions.
Political scientist, leading researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Sergei Bespalov expects that part of Putin’s speech concerning foreign policy and geopolitical issues will have a very serious resonance. The President of Russia may voice some new proposals and ideas regarding new international formats with the participation of friendly countries.
And the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov said that he expects decisions from the head of state to change the structure of state power, which is now, according to in his opinion, does not correspond to internal and external threats.