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The Russian President conferred with his new government for the first time
Before going to the United Russia congress to agree to head the party's list in the Duma elections and, possibly, become the country's next prime minister after the presidential ones, Vladimir Putin held a traditional Monday meeting with members of the cabinet. Yesterday it was held for the first time with a renewed composition.“I congratulate all my colleagues on the start of this work and look forward to your active work during all internal political events related to the parliamentary elections and subsequent presidential elections in Russia,” - with these words of Vladimir Putin, the first meeting for the new government began. Strictly speaking, this is their second meeting, but the first time they gathered only to hear about their appointment. Yesterday, the new members of the government had their first opportunity to prove that the president had chosen them for a reason.
“I hope that the team that has now been formed will cope with this task with honor and dignity, so that we do not have any disruptions in the work of administrative structures for a single day, so that citizens do not feel any disruptions in the work of the government,” the president gave his farewell to the new cabinet members.
Apparently, the fact that the meeting was the first predetermined the range of issues to be considered, and that absolutely all the speeches were distinguished by a particularly positive tone. Either everything in the country is really going according to plan, or I didn’t want to start with the negative. Thus, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov promised that every ruble of government investments in innovation funds will bring 4-5 rubles. profit. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke about plans to re-equip the entire fleet of ambulances in the country. According to him, such large-scale investments have never been made in this area, even in Soviet times. Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov and Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak reported on the improvement of the situation in the earthquake-hit city of Nevelsk on Sakhalin.
The president himself spoke about good things. Vladimir Putin said that in October state employees will receive increased salaries. “Salaries will be increased, they will actually start receiving them in October, but the recalculation will be done in such a way that people will receive money for September,” he said.
The new Minister of Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova, also made a strong speech, taking part in a meeting in the Kremlin for the first time in this capacity. She clarified that “on September 28, the government decided to increase the wage funds of public sector workers, who are paid according to a single tariff schedule.” “A similar decision was made regarding civilian personnel of military units,” she added.
Then the positive note was supported by another newcomer - Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina. She presented an updated forecast of socio-economic development prepared by her department, noting that it “reflects the overall favorable socio-economic development of the country.” The President noted in her tone that this gives reason to expect a successful solution to the problems of the country’s development and the implementation of national projects. “GDP growth rates rose from 6.5 to 7.3%, industrial production growth from 5.2 to 6%. We are glad that we can raise the investment forecast from 12.8 to 18.2% - this is a big increase,” noted the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. “It is also gratifying that we expect an increase in real disposable income of the population by almost a third - from 9.8 to 12.5%,” Ms. Nabiullina cited the figures. “This will make it possible to solve social problems,” added Vladimir Putin. “The pace of economic development gives reason to believe that all the tasks under national projects and other tasks that we have set can and should be successfully solved,” he concluded.
And finally, Vladimir Putin proposed reviving the practice of awarding grain growers with state awards for success in their work. He praised the villagers, who this year collected 85 million tons of grain, which fully meets the country's needs and still leaves an export potential of 12 million tons.