Government meeting
Government meeting
Government meeting
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Good afternoon, colleagues,
Today’s agenda includes a highly important current issue, specifically, support for veterans of the Great Patriotic War, those who brought Victory closer, liberated the homeland from Nazism and defended our freedom and independence.
The President has decided on lump-sum payments for those who fought for the Motherland in the run-up to the Great Victory’s anniversary.
Today, we will allocate over 23 billion roubles for these purposes. Almost 332,000 Russian citizens, including war veterans, their widows, residents of besieged Leningrad, underage and adult prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, as well as home front workers, will receive this sum.
They do not have to file any additional applications; our ministries and agencies will do all the paperwork.
These people endured terrible ordeals and survived the bloodiest war in history. Caring for them is among the state’s main duties and responsibilities. Another issue deals with assistance for participants in the special military operation. While displaying courage, they continue the cause of our grandfather who had defeated Nazism. This is why the President has proclaimed 2025 the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. He noted that it is extremely important to provide them with all essential material and social support. For this purpose, the Government is already implementing a wide range of measures, including monthly payments and tax breaks, as well as top-priority medical treatment, education and employment opportunities. All fighters, including those deployed in border territories,
such as the Kursk Region, and those defending the country’s interests should obtain these preferences.
As instructed by the President, we will grant the status of combat operations veterans to thousands of soldiers and law enforcement officers accomplishing combat missions on these territories. We will examine the relevant legislative amendments today.
We hope that members of parliament will promptly approve the proposed changes, so that our boys and their families and relatives would obtain the required state assistance as soon as possible.
The next topic concerns people's safety on the roads.
It depends to a large extent on the driving skills of all road users. Whether they are drivers of lorries or public transport, taxis or those who drive private cars.
And in this area, as the President noted, it is important to educate people and foster responsible behaviour on the roads.
In this respect, of course, centres that teach people driving have a special role to play. It is there that most of our citizens acquire basic knowledge of how to behave in traffic and gain the necessary competences. This means that driving schools must take into account a whole range of mandatory requirements in their work.
For this purpose, the Government suggests adjusting the current legislation. Now the quality of such educational institutions will be assessed according to certain indicators, including the results of examinations passed by students, as well as on the basis of accidents involving graduates of a particular driving school.
This data will be posted on a special information resource accessible to everybody, which will be regularly updated. People will be able to find out in detail what organisation they plan to be trained by, as well as leave feedback on those driving schools where they have studied.
We believe that this is the way to create an unbiased rating, which will significantly improve the quality of motorists' training. And as a consequence, reduce the number of traffic accidents and make the roads safer for everyone, both pedestrians and drivers.
Let us look at yet another decision we have approved.
The Government will continue to help Russian businesses in export markets.
The President underscored that despite the objective difficulties facing the Russian business community, we promoted external business ties, expanded their geography and strengthened cooperation with predictable, reliable partners that, like this country, were conscious of their national interests and appreciated mutually beneficial trade, production and cooperative ties.
To provide comprehensive support for export deliveries, the Government is taking a number of measures, including reduced-rate lending, insuring contracts with foreign customers, and extending logistical and certification assistance.
These mechanisms are highly relevant and boast a proven effectiveness. As per the President’s instructions, therefore, we have expanded the programme for promoting Russian products abroad under the Made in Russia national brand. It will be in effect until 2030. We spoke about this in detail at the strategic session dedicated to international cooperation.
The programme’s important initiatives include holding business events sponsored by Russian producers outside of Russia, organising fairs under the Made in Russia brand, and building up e-presence of Russian goods. There are also plans to create the necessary infrastructure for new market development and intensify the existing technological and industrial relationships.
We hope that this decision will help to boost the non-raw-material and non-energy exports by no less than two-thirds and ensure at least a 50-percent rise in agricultural exports. This is certain to facilitate the attainment of other goals set by the President.
