NOVO-OGARYOVO, June 15. /TASS/. the President of Russia Vladimir Putin considers it necessary to adopt new measures to support citizens and the economy, in particular concerning the working of Russians older than 65 years.
“the validity Period of a number of measures that we previously provided, on July 1, expires. You need to weigh, estimate in the near future to decide what measures are needed, whether they are necessary and, if necessary, what it is advisable to renew, what new solutions it is advisable to use further in development of already implemented programs,” — said the head of state at a meeting to support the economy and social spheres.
“We encourage people 65+ to remain at home and in many regions while at work these people are not invited, it is usually employed pensioners. To work they can’t go and pay them over,” — stated Putin. He believes that “we need to think on it.” “I ask the government to submit proposals,” he instructed Putin.
“I Ask the colleagues from the government to promptly submit such proposals to the system work to support citizens and the economy wasn’t pauses and technical glitches, so all decisions are made in a timely manner, ahead of the curve, as in most cases, still managed to do it,” demanded the President.
Putin instructed the government “thoroughly examine” the ideas and proposals made at the current meeting.
“If you really crash some [in the implementation of previously adopted measures of support] happens, you have fix, to correct decisions already taken, take into account the experience of their implementation in the development of new measures to support citizens and the economy”, — said the President. He is sure that “They [the new support] will be needed because there is still a difficult stage of economic recovery, the labour market, the habitual rhythm of life.”
the President also urged not to forget about the long-term plans and strategic economic development objectives of the country. As he said at the meeting to support the economy and social sphere, despite the fact that currently the main focus of the Russian authorities are doing on the implementation of support measures in a pandemic coronavirus, “it is impossible to reduce attention to the ongoing work, especially in the strategic objectives, implementation plans and national projects.”
“We need not just to restore the economy and fix it with a new quality, to ensure the high dynamics of development. These questions, long-term agenda we will discuss it. With this in mind, will work on the budget priorities for the next three years”, — Putin said.
overall, according to him, the work of recovery “is quite uptempo”.
