Putin urged the government to protect Russians from inflation and start growing their incomes – Rosbalt

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the government for recovering the economy after the recession and reducing unemployment, but demanded to “protect people” from a sharp rise in prices and do everything to increase the incomes of Russians. He stated this today at the final meeting of the Cabinet.

According to the head of state, the government acts “clearly, cohesively, like a good professional team.” “The country’s economy has not only recovered after last year’s recession, has already surpassed the pre-crisis level, returned to the growth trajectory. The situation on the labor market has noticeably improved, even better than before the crisis. Unemployment is declining, “RIA Novosti quotes Putin.

At the same time, he called for everything to be done to suppress inflation and protect people from rising prices. “The indicators are multidirectional, inflation has grown, but the real disposable income of citizens has also grown. In the first case, we need to do everything to target inflation, suppress it, and in reality, disposable income should grow, we need to protect people from sharp price fluctuations, which most painfully hit those who have small incomes, ”the President stressed.

He also called the growth of real incomes of Russians a key issue for the government.

Putin also set the task to implement all plans for national projects in the next three years. “Of course, people are at the center of our large-scale work to achieve national development goals. He is at the center of our work, the well-being of a person, ”TASS quoted the head of state as saying.

At the same time, Putin is convinced that in Russia it is necessary to use all the factors of economic growth at full capacity, including in order to solve the problem of youth employment, create conditions for reducing business costs and raising wages.

The President also instructed the government to pay increased attention to the fight against coronavirus during the New Year holidays and to tackle the problems that journalists from the regions of the Russian Federation spoke about at a large annual press conference on December 23.

In general, Putin congratulated the members of the government on the upcoming holidays, noting the well-coordinated work of the Cabinet in the outgoing year: “We are meeting before the New Year. Traditionally, these days fly by rapidly, and everyone is trying to do as much as possible, to meet the schedules and plans. I have no doubt that the government is working in the same way today. Moreover, I must note that not only today, not only on the eve of the New Year, but almost every day, because the time is difficult, requires full commitment from everyone. I want to sincerely wish you a Happy New Year and thank you for your work. ”

Once again, the head of state recalled the priority tasks for the Cabinet: reducing unemployment and inflation; ensuring high-quality long-term economic growth; growth of incomes of the population; implementation of youth employment programs; attraction of investments and technologies.

“We will do everything to make our people a comfortable life,” replied Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.