The agenda includes support measures for the people living in the Kursk Region, subsidies to ensure stable functioning of the energy infrastructure in the new regions, extending the CMTPL insurance to the territory of Belarus, and expanding the list of technologies for concluding Special Investment Contracts.
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Meeting with deputy prime ministers on current issues. Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks
Good morning, colleagues.
First, about the situation in the Kursk Region. One of the main tasks right now is to provide maximum support to the residents, primarily from the affected areas, and ensure that they receive medical care. Federal specialists from medical institutions in neighbouring regions have stepped in. Temporary accommodation centres have opened.
In line with the President’s instruction, the Government has allocated 1.8 billion roubles to support those who have lost their homes, as well as payments to those who had to leave their homes.
Now request for assistance can be filed via the public services website. It is highly important to provide support in a format that is as comfortable for people as possible, promptly and without unnecessary delays.
People in the Kursk Region can get reference information and consultation by dialing 122. To call emergency services, 112 must be dialed.
The number of call operators has been increased to do so, and additional resources have been used to process incoming calls. It is necessary to ensure uninterrupted operation of the lines and reduce the response waiting time. Mr Grigorenko, I would like to ask you to keep this under personal control and monitor how people are being informed in general. All processes must be transparent to them.
Regarding the additional decision to support the new regions under our special attention, we are continuing our efforts to create a comfortable living environment. This includes measures to ensure stable operation of the energy infrastructure.
To this end, the Government has allocated 3 billion roubles to establish the necessary material and technical reserves in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The corresponding Government directive has been signed.
I would like to remind you that a similar amount was allocated for these purposes back in July.
The allocated subsidies will facilitate timely maintenance and repair of essential equipment. Overall, they will contribute to enhancing the reliability and safety of power facilities, ensuring that homes remain warm and well-lit.
Shifting to another topic, regarding the ongoing Russian-Belarusian integration within the Union State.
The key priorities for this integration have been set by the presidents of our countries. The next step in this process involves expanding the functionality of Compulsory Motor Third Party Liability insurance.
The Government has drafted a bill that will enable car owners, if they choose, to extend their CMTPL coverage to include Belarus. This means they won’t need to purchase additional insurance, as compensation for road accidents will already be covered under their current policy.
Meeting with deputy prime ministers on current issues
Car owners will also be able to use e-documents so that they do not have to carry hardcopy versions of their insurance policies with them.
This new mechanism will become operational starting 1 October 2024.
We expect that offering drivers an additional option in terms of liability insurance will make travelling to Belarus by car even easier, including for travel and business.
The next item on the agenda deals with domestic high-technology entrepreneurship.
Companies interested in innovation, including SMEs, can benefit from a wide range of tools and mechanisms. We discussed this matter at length during our trip to Russia’s Far East and the Siberian Federal District.
Special Investment Contracts are among the most popular tools of this kind.
These agreements enable businesses to receive the corresponding guarantees from the state, while preserving tax preferences and other benefits when working on the relevant initiatives. This enables them to generate a return on their investment, as well as to raise long-term funding, which has special importance for them.
The Special Investment Contract mechanism is designed to facilitate the development of products which have not been made in Russia so far, as well as launch them into serial production.
To do that, the Government has expanded the list of these latest technologies by supplementing it with 47 new items.
These include ultrasound diagnostics machines, medical scanners, laser gas analysers, components for advanced bearings, a wide range of chemical reactors and many other innovative technological solutions.
These measures will add momentum to scientific research and industrial development, while making effective solutions and practices better available to Russian companies and people. Overall, they will help us deliver on the President’s objective to reinforce Russia’s technological and industrial sovereignty.
