and we are united in the main thing, and most importantly, fundamental for all of us is the security and well-being of the people , sovereignty and national interests. i would like to thank you for such a responsible and firm position and recall the words of the patriot and statesman pyotr arkadievich stolypin, they were said in the state duma more than 100 years ago, but they are fully consonant with our time. he said in the matter of defending russia, we all must unite , coordinate our efforts, our duties and our rights in order to maintain one historical supreme right, the right of russia to be strong.

among the volunteers who are now at the forefront are deputies of the state duma and regional parliaments, a representative of the executive authorities of various levels of municipalities of cities, districts of rural settlements, all parliamentary parties, leading public associations participate in the collection of humanitarian supplies to help the front. thanks again. thank you for being so patriotic. a huge role in strengthening civil society in solving everyday problems is played by local self-government the level of public authority close to the people depends largely on his work. trust in the state. in general, the social well-being

of citizens is their confidence in the successful development of the whole country. i ask the presidential administration, together with the government , to submit a proposal to create tools for direct support of the best management teams are laid from childhood in the family, and of course , education systems are extremely important for strengthening our common values ​​of national identity. domestic culture. using the resources of the presidential grants fund of the cultural fund, initiatives of the internet development institute and other state tools will support all forms of creative search, modern and traditional art, realism, avant-garde,

classics and innovation; complex contradictory issues of life and , most importantly, not to destroy society, but to awaken the best human qualities. the development of the cultural sphere will become one of the priorities of the revival of peaceful life in the donbass in novorossia. here it will be necessary to restore, repair and equip hundreds of cultural institutions, including museum funds and buildings that give people the opportunity to feel the relationship between the past and the present. it is with the future belonging to feel belonging to a single cultural historical educational space centuries-old great russia with the participation of teachers and scientists.

we must seriously improve the quality of school courses in the humanities, first of all, history, social science, literature , geography, so that young people can learn as much as possible about russia, its great past, our culture and traditions. we have a very bright and talented young generation that is ready to work for the good of the country in science, culture , the social sphere, in business and in public administration, just for such people new horizons for professional growth open competitions leader of russia leaders of russia also at the competition of leaders of the renaissance taking place now in the new subjects of the federation, i note that a number of winners of the finalists of these projects. volunteered into combat units. many are now working in the liberated territories, helping to establish economic and social life. at the same

time, the school of fighting acts professionally, decisively and courageously. people leave from there. and they are ready to lay down their lives for the fatherland wherever they work? i want to emphasize those who born grew up in the donbass in novorossiya fought for them will be the main pillars should be the main pillars in the overall work on the development of these regions. i would like to address them and say that russia is counting on you. taking into account the large-scale tasks facing the country. we must seriously update the approach to the system of training personnel for science and technology policy at the recent council on science education. we spoke about the need to clearly prioritize and concentrate resources on obtaining specific fundamentally

significant scientific results, primarily in in those areas where we have good groundwork and which are of critical importance for the life of the country, including transport, energy, housing and communal services systems, medicine, agriculture , and industry. new technologies are almost always based on fundamental research. well, when you did basic research, and in this area as well as in culture. i want to emphasize this, we must give scientific researchers more freedom for creativity. well, you can’t drive everyone into a procrustean bed. uh results tomorrow day, fundamental science lives by its own laws, and i will add that it is the formulation and solution of ambitious tasks. this is a powerful incentive for young people. going into science is an opportunity to prove that you are the leader, that you are the best in the world and our scientific teams have something to be proud of

last december. i met with young researchers one of the questions that they raised this housing, rosa is like that. well, the important thing is that we already have housing certificates for young scientists. last year we allocated an additional 1 billion rubles for these purposes. i charge the government to determine the reserves for expanding this program in recent years , the prestige of the authority of secondary vocational education has grown significantly, the demand for graduates of technical schools and colleges. just a huge colossal believe, but especially you see, if we have reduced unemployment, yes, a historic low of 3.7%. people are working, which means that new personnel are needed. i believe that we should significantly expand the project of professionalism, within the framework of which educational and production clusters are being created the educational base is being updated, and

the employer's enterprise, in close contact with colleges and technical schools, forms educational programs based on the needs of the economy. and, of course, it is very important that mentors with experience in real complex production come to this area . the specific task is to train about a million specialists in the next 5 years for the electronics industry, the robotics industry, mechanical engineering , metallurgy, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and the defense industry, transport construction. nuclear and other key industries to ensure the security of russia's sovereignty and competitiveness finally, a very important question is a very important question about our higher education. significant changes are also ripe here, taking into account the new

requirements for specialists in the economics of social sectors in all spheres of our life, a synthesis of all the best that was in the soviet education system and the experience of recent decades is necessary. in this regard , the following is proposed. the first to return to the traditional base for our country training of specialists with higher education term of study. the term of study can be from 4 to 6 years, while even within the same specialty and one university , programs can be offered with different training periods depending on the specific profession of the industry and the demand of the labor market. secondly, if the profession requires additional training of a narrow specialization, then in this

case the young person will be able to continue his education in the magistracy or residency, the third , postgraduate studies will be allocated to a separate level of professional education, the task of which is to train personnel for scientific and teaching activities. i want to emphasize the transition to the new system should be a smooth government. together with parliamentarians, it will be necessary to make numerous amendments to the legislation on labor education and so on. here it is necessary to think over everything to the smallest detail . our citizens should have new opportunities for young people for quality education for employment and professional growth. i repeat, once again the opportunities, not the problems, and i will especially note. and i will especially note those students who are studying

now will be able to continue their education according to existing programs and are also not subject to revision of the level of training and diplomas of higher education of citizens who have already completed training in the current undergraduate or graduate programs. they must not lose their rights. i ask the general russian people to take all issues related to changes in the field of higher education under special control. this year russia has been declared the year of the teacher and the mentor teacher teacher directly participates in building the future of the country and it is important to increase the social significance of teaching work so that parents tell their children more about gratitude to the teacher, and teachers respect and love for parents. let's always remember this.

i will dwell separately on the support of children and russian families, i will note that the so-called children's budget or the amount of budgetary spending on supporting families in russia in recent years has grown by several times. it is the fastest growing section of the main financial document of the country's budget. budget law. i would like to thank the parliamentarians and the government for such a unified and consolidated understanding of our national priorities. since february 1, maternity capital in russia has been indexed again, as we said by the actual inflation rate for the past year, that is, by 11.9%, the right to such a measure of support, now russian citizens , residents of new constituent entities of the federation, also have the right to provide maternity capital in the donetsk and lugansk people's republics of zaporozhye and kherson regions

families in which children were born since 2007, that is, from the moment this program began to operate, throughout russia, let me remind you. we made the same decision in due time and for the residents of crimea and sevastopol we will continue to implement large-scale programs aimed at improving the well -being of russian families, emphasizing the objective task set before the government and the subjects of the federation is to ensure a noticeable tangible increase in real wages in russia important indicator indicator point reference here is the minimum wage labor, as we well understand last year. it was raised twice in total by almost 20%. we will continue to increase the minimum wage, and at a rate above

inflation and growth. hmm salaries for the first year in the mouth indexed by six and three tenths of a percent. i propose that from january 1 next year, in addition to the planned increase, another 10% increase should be carried out. thus , the minimum wage will increase by 18.5 percent and will amount to 19,000,242 rubles. now as regards adjustment of the tax system in the interests of russian families, since last year , families with two or more children are exempted from paying tax on the sale of housing, if they decide to purchase a new, more spacious apartment or house, they need to use such tools more actively. they turned out

to be in demand so that there would be more funds in family budgets, and families could solve the most important pressing problems. i propose to increase the size of the social tax deduction for the cost of educating children from the current fifty thousand to 110,000 rubles. in year, and for the cost of their own education, as well as for treatment and the purchase of medicines from 120 to 150,000 rubles. the state will return 13% of these increased amounts to citizens. from the income tax they paid. well, of course. and, of course, it is necessary not only to raise the amount of the deduction, but also to increase its demand so that the deduction is provided in a proactive mode quickly and remotely, not burdensome for citizens, and the well-being and quality of life of russian families, which means that

the demographic situation directly depends on state of affairs in the social sphere. i know that many subjects of the federation are ready to significantly accelerate the renewal of the social infrastructure of cultural and sports facilities, the resettlement of emergency housing, the integrated development of rural areas, such an attitude is unconditional. the following mechanism will support the use of funds for national projects that are reserved by the federal budget for 2024. the regions will be able to receive and use now through interest-free treasury loans in april next year. they will be automatic. we will keep this issue under constant operational control and ask the state council commission for economics and finance to get involved in this work. at the same time, we do not need storming and the pursuit

of volumes, especially to the detriment of the quality of the objects called, additional financial resources should work with high returns and effectiveness. this is actually important for the modernization of primary health care, such a large-scale program was launched in our country in 2021. i beg governments and regional leaders should not forget the main criteria that have already been mentioned many, many times, not the numbers in the reports. more specifically, visible, tangible changes in the availability and quality of medical care, the government will also adjust the regulatory framework for organizing the purchase of ambulances with a diagnostic kit. the equipment they allow to carry out prophylactic medical examination directly at enterprises in schools, institutions in remote settlements. we launched

a big school renovation program later this year. in total , almost 3.5 thousand school buildings will be put in order , i draw your attention, of which most of the rural areas will do this specifically this year. such work is also unfolding in the donetsk and lugansk people's republics in the kherson and zaporozhye regions. it is meaningful visible people really see what is happening. this is very good since 2025 federal funds for the repair and renovation of kindergartens of technical schools and colleges will be allocated by the region on a regular and systematic basis, in order, in principle, to prevent a situation where buildings are in a neglected state. further, we set a significant goal for the period 2019 to 24 years to build more than 1,300 new schools, 850 of them are already openly planned, that

another 400 will be introduced this year. by 2024 almost 490 billion rubles. and we do not reduce these costs. we are everything this year we have increased the amount of infrastructure budget loans. in addition, i would like to emphasize this not in the way we planned before, but an additional 250 billion rubles. i instruct the governments to allocate a plus for the development of transport, communal and other infrastructure in the regions. funds and another 50 billion rubles. they will be purposefully used to upgrade public transport in the constituent entities of the federation this year , moreover, on the basis of modern technologies. at the same time, i ask you to pay special attention to

small towns and rural areas. we have already made a decision. we have already decided to extend until 2030 the clean air project, the goal of which is to improve the ecological situation in the largest industrial centers , i draw the attention of industrial and industrial companies and regional local authorities. the task of significantly reducing harmful emissions is not removed from the agenda , i will add that we have made good progress in reforming the waste management industry, we are increasing processing and sorting capacities in order to move to the economy a closed cycle is a priority in the further elimination of old landfills and dangerous objects of the accumulated series. i ask the governments, together with the regions , to prepare now a list of those objects of accumulated harm that will be eliminated after the completion of the current

program. we will continue the rehabilitation of unique water bodies, including lake baikal and the volga. in the medium term , we will extend this work to our rivers such as the don kama irtysh ural terek volkhov and the neva lake ilmen, we must not forget about our medium and small rivers, i draw the attention of all levels of government to this, on the instructions that were given earlier, a draft law on the development of tourism, specially protected natural areas was also prepared. recently discussed it with colleagues from the government. and he must clearly define what and where is possible. and that it is impossible to build and, in general, the principles of the industry, some tourism, a very important issue for our country. i ask the state duma to expedite consideration of this bill. now a few more words, but that's about what's going on

around us. dear colleagues, i will dwell on one more thing. at the beginning of february of this year, a statement was made by the north of the atlantic alliance with a de facto demand on russia, as they are expressed, to fulfill the treaty on strategic offensive arms, including a double on our nuclear equipment facilities. well, i don’t even know how to call it, you are some kind of theater of the absurd. we know that the west is directly involved in the attempts of the kiev regime to strike at the bases of our strategic aviation, the drones used for this were equipped and modernized with the assistance of nato specialists. and now they also want to inspect our defense facilities.

in the modern conditions of today's confrontation , this sounds like some kind of nonsense. just at the same time, i draw special attention to this. we, to conduct full-fledged inspections under this agreement, do not allow our repeated requests to inspect certain objects remain unanswered or are rejected on formal grounds. we can't do anything on the other side. i would like to emphasize that the united states and nato openly say that that their goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on russia and that, after that, they are going to drive around our defense facilities, including the newest ones, as if nothing had happened, a week ago, for example, a decree was signed on putting new ground- based strategic complexes on combat duty. they are going there and think

so. we just let them in, we'll just do it. by issuing its collective statement, by issuing its collective statement, nato actually made an application to become a party to the treaty on strategic offensive weapons. please, moreover, we believe that such a formulation of the issue is long overdue, because in nato , let me remind you in a state, the united states, they are also directed against russia, the last statement of their leaders. this only confirms, listen do not take this into account.

we simply cannot but have the right, especially today, as well as the fact that the first strategic offensive arms treaty was originally concluded by the soviet union and the united states in 1991 in a fundamentally different situation in the context of declining tensions and strengthening mutual trust in the future , our relations reached such a level, when russia and the united states declared that they no longer consider each other adversaries. amazing. everything was very good the year 2010 contains the most important provision on the indivisibility of security, and the direct interconnection of issues of strategic offensive and defensive weapons. everything has remained in

the past, our relations have degraded, which is very important, and this is entirely the merit of the united states. it was they and it was they who , after the collapse of the soviet union, began to reconsideration of the results of the second world war to the construction of the world in the american way, in which there is only one master one master. to do this, they began to rudely destroy all the foundations of the world order laid down after the second world war, in order to cross out the heritage and yalta, and under the lady step by step they began to revise the existing world order and dismantle the security and arms control system. they planned and carried out a whole series of wars around the world and everything, i repeat, with one goal to break the international architecture created after the second world war relations. this is not a figure of speech. this is how everything happens in practice in life after

the collapse of the ussr forever. they seek to fix their global dominance, not counting the interests. modern russia , and with other interests of other countries , too, of course, the situation in the world after 1945 has changed, new centers of development and influence have been formed and are rapidly developing. this is a natural objective process that cannot be ignored, but it is not acceptable that the united states began to reshape the world order just for itself. solely for their own selfish interests. now, through nato representatives, they are giving signals, but in fact they are putting forward an ultimatum in russia, including to the treaty, and we will behave as

we please. they say there is no connection between the problems and, say, the conflict in ukraine and other hostile actions of the west against our country, as they are a loud statement that they want to inflict a strategic defeat on us. or stupidity well, you can't call them idiots. they are still intelligent people, a strategic defeat for us they want to inflict and climb on our nuclear facilities. in this regard, i have to announce today that russia is suspending its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty.

i repeat. i repeat, do not withdraw from the contract no, namely, suspend your part. well, before we return to the discussion of this issue. we must understand for ourselves what such countries of the north atlantic alliance as france and great britain still claim and how we will take into account their strategic arsenals, that is, the total strike potential alliance here they have now made their statement, in fact, an application for participation in this process. and it is not only necessary to try again to lie to everyone to build out of yourself champions of peace and detente. we know all the ins and outs , we know that the warranty periods for the combat use of certain types of nuclear weapons in the united states and in this environment are expiring. some figures, we already

know this for certain, are already thinking about the possibility of natural tests of their nuclear weapons. including taking into account that the united states is developing new types of nuclear weapons. such information is available in this situation, the ministry of defense of russia and rusatom should be the first to ensure readiness for testing russian nuclear weapons. of course, we will not do this, but if the united states conducts a test, then we will conduct it, no one should have dangerous illusions that global strategic parity can be destroyed. colleagues dear citizens of russia, today we are going through a difficult and difficult path together and overcoming all difficulties, also together in a different way and it could not be that we were brought up on the example of our great ancestors and are obliged.