the Main objective of the Russian government is to improve the quality of life of every person in the country at the expense of economic growth and social development. This was stated today by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, speaking in the Duma with the first report on the activities of his Cabinet.
He recalled that his government «was formed in January» of the year, «after the President delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly and, in fact, identified key objectives and benchmarks for the near future». «We formulated the main goal of the government is to improve the quality of life of every person in the country at the expense of economic growth and social development and achieve the national targets set by the President,» — said Mishustin.
however, he noted that the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers started to work «based on five basic values.» «The first is to build all the services of the state around the needs of people. To act in an open, dialogue based on mutual respect and trust. Next is to set an example of ethical behavior. Work, regardless of departmental boundaries, team. It is very important that the result should be more important than formal procedures and regulations,» he said.
However, he added, «in the beginning of the year we are faced with a powerful challenge of the new coronavirus infection.» «The epidemic in the world has happened before. But now, in an era of global linkages, the virus began to spread rapidly across continents. Anything similar before did not face the world’s no. The situation was complicated by the fact that the spread of the virus and the actions of individual countries to increase oil production led to a serious imbalance in the oil market. This caused a precipitous decline in prices, increased volatility of the financial and VAcurrency markets, there was an outflow of capital», — stated the head of government.
Recall that the Russian economy in February—March 2020 was under the powerful impact of two negative factors — the rapid spread of the pandemic coronavirus infection COVID-19 and its deleterious effect on the global economy and collapse in oil prices. Against this background, the rouble significantly depreciated against the dollar and the Euro. Reacting to the situation, the government and the Bank of Russia adopted several packages of measures to support the economy and citizens.
may 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the end of may 12, a single period of days off, entered March 30, in the fight against COVID-19.
2 Jun Mishustin reported on the nationwide state plan for the recovery of the Russian economy in 2020-2021 years, noting in particular that the cost of the plan will amount to about 5 trillion roubles. June 19, Putin was sent a revised draft of the national plan.
July 2, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kolychev said that the total cost of the measures (the bailout package), aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus infection in Russia and mitigating economic impacts from restrictions imposed, estimated to be worth about 4 trillion rubles. According to him, the main focus of the budget measures were made on several fronts: strengthening health systems, supporting citizens and businesses, the balancing of regional budgets.
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