- regional authorities who cannot provide enough financial support for families with many children will receive help from the federal center
- mothers with five and more children will be able to retire five years earlier, at 50
- the program on maternity capital (250,000 rubles, or $10,000 to be indexed) will remain in effect after the presidential elections of 2008
- budget allocations for in vitro fertilization (IVF) program will be tripled to 600 million rubles ($24 million) a year
- the Russian Armed Forces will not just develop nuclear triad weapons (the Strategic Missile Forces, strategic aviation and nuclear submarines) as its main deterrent, but will create other weaponry
- Russia is successfully working on new strategic missile systems, and will continue to develop both nuclear and conventional weapons
- Russia will start building another strategic nuclear submarine in 2008
- Russia will complete work on the development of advanced fighter aircraft in 2012-2015
- Russia will continue modernizing Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers
- Russian WTO negotiators have secured an agreement that Russia will maintain agricultural subsidies during a lengthy transitional period after joining the organization
- Russia will have no financial crisis because it has the third largest gold and currency reserves in the world ($434 billion). No monetary reform or banking crisis is expected either
- the government is taking measures to curb growing food prices by grain intervention, raising export duties on grain and cutting import duties on food products. But these measures must not undermine the agricultural sector
- it will be impossible to keep inflation within the annual target of 8% in 2007
- liberalization of the currency market has led to capital inflow exceeding capital outflow. This year, capital inflow topped $70 billion against $40 billion last year
- there is no need to raise the current retirement age of 60 for men and 55 for women
- only contract servicemen, not conscripts, will be sent to conflict hotspots
- Russia is helping to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, and has allowed military cargoes to be transported via its territory
- the CIS is unlikely to become a new EU but Eurasec can be compared to the EU, especially now that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have agreed to form a customs union
- Russia's victory in the soccer match against England Wednesday was a result of team spirit, the professionalism of the trainer, and the support of the entire nation
- the number of terrorist attacks in Russia shrank from 250 in 2005 to 25 this year thanks to the effective efforts of the national anti-terrorist committee
- Russia will pay particular attention to developing the social and public infrastructure for disabled people
- the government began working far more effectively after the reshuffles and the appointment of Viktor Zubkov as prime minister
- the pro-presidential United Russia party is necessary to maintain parliament's effectiveness and current policy direction, and this is why he decided to head its party list
- he is against restricting presidential powers, and the redistribution of executive powers in the near future would be a mistake as well
- presidential elections are set for March 2008, and under the Constitution, he is unable to stand for a third term
- there is no point in introducing Internet censorship in Russia's domain
- Moscow is ready to cooperate with any Ukrainian government formed after snap parliamentary elections on September 30
- one of the goals of the U.S.-led Iraq war was to establish control of its oil reserves
- permanent occupation of Iraq is unacceptable, and the United States should set a deadline for the withdrawal of troops from the country
- recent talks between Russia and the U.S. on its missile defense plans for Europe showed Washington is genuinely considering Russian proposals and looking for ways to resolve the issue
- but if a decision is made without taking Russia's opinion into account, Moscow will certainly take steps in response
- assassination warnings before the trip to Iran were an attempt to disrupt the visit.
