On February 21, Vladimir Putin sent a message to the Federal Assembly, in which he announced the suspension of Russia’s participation in the nuclear missile treaty, instructed to organize a fund to help military families and fallen veterans, and also called for a return to the basic system of training in universities. Read more about the President’s proposals in the RTVI material.
State fund for assistance to the families of those who died during the military operation in Ukraine and to war veterans. Putin instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to start creating a fund that will coordinate the provision of social, medical and psychological support and solve the problems of treatment and rehabilitation at the health resort. According to the president, the new organization will provide assistance in the fields of education, employment, sports, entrepreneurship, advanced training and obtaining a new profession, the president added. . Another focus of the fund will be to provide long-term home care and high-tech prosthetics to those in need. Regular leave for participants in a military operation. For all participants in the military operation, including those mobilized, Putin ordered to establish regular vacations every six months for 14 days, excluding travel time. According to the president, participation in a military operation “is associated with colossal burdens”, including physical, psychological, as well as “daily risks to health and life”. Affordable Rental Housing Program. A special program of preferential rental housing will be created for employees of the military-industrial complex. The rental rate for them will be significantly lower than the market rate, since the state will assume a significant part of the payment. Voluntary retirement savings insurance guarantee. Putin proposed to establish insurance coverage for voluntary retirement savings at 2.8 million rubles, which is twice as much as for bank deposits. Extension of tax incentives for the purchase of Russian equipment. The president has proposed extending the income tax exemption to domestic companies that purchase Russian high-tech equipment. “I know how much the financial bloc likes to offer advantages, and I partially share this position, the tax system should be holistic, without niches, without exemptions, but a creative approach is required in this case”, he said. declared.
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Decriminalization of the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the economic components of crimes. Putin called for a revision of some Criminal Code norms on the economic elements of crimes.
“Of course, the state should control what happens in this area. Permissiveness cannot be allowed here, but there is no need to go overboard either,” he said.
Deoffshoring the economy. The Head of State addressed the government and parliament with a request to propose additional measures that would accelerate the process of deoffshoring the economy. According to him, companies in key sectors of the economy must operate within the framework of Russian jurisdiction. Return to the basic system of training in universities. The president offered to return to the basic education system for Russia and return a specialist with a training period of 4-6 years.
“For certain specialties, it will be possible to extend the training. Postgraduate studies will be distributed in a separate block,” he said.
The president also noted that it is necessary to train one million professional workers in the next five years for key industries to ensure the country’s security and competitiveness. Maternal capital in the new regions. Putin has extended maternity capital to new regions of Russia for children born since 2007. Just as it has been done in Crimea and Sevastopol. Evolution of the minimum wage in 2024. According to Putin, the minimum wage should be indexed by an additional 10% from January 1, 2024. The minimum wage will increase by 18.5% and will amount to 19,242 rubles.
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Suspension of participation in the nuclear missile treaty. The President announced that Russia was suspending its participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START). At the same time, Putin stressed that Moscow was not withdrawing from the agreement, “that is, suspending its participation”. The president also called NATO’s request to return to the implementation of START, which involves admitting Western inspections of Russian nuclear and defense facilities, “a theater of the absurd”, since Moscow ” is aware that the West is directly implicated in the “Kiev regime’s attempted strikes” on strategic Russian airbases. According to him, the drones used in the attacks were “equipped and modernized with the help of NATO specialists”.
“And now they also want to inspect our defense installations. In the current conditions of today’s confrontation, it looks like some kind of absurdity,” Putin said.
The head of state also authorized Russia to resume nuclear weapons testing. That will only happen if the United States conducts such tests first, he said.
