Key figures from Mishustin's report to the State Duma

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported to the Duma on the government's work done in the year of the military operation in Ukraine and sanctions.RBC collected the main from the speech of the head of the Cabinet in ParliamentMikhail MishustinMikhail MishustinMikhail MishustinMikhail MishustinMikhail Mishustin

How the government assesses the state of the economy following the year of sanctions 

“Russia was dealt a sanctions blow, equal in strength to which in recent history was not. The West at the very beginning tried to assure that the sanctions were not directed against our citizens. And then there were no special illusions about this, but now even a person far from global politics understands that the main goal was precisely the Russian people.

“Even last spring, analysts estimated the probable fall in Russian GDP at double digits. But we survived. Yes, it wasn't easy. The recession, inevitable in such conditions, turned out to be quite moderate. However, we have returned the economy to a growth trajectory. Now even some international organizations are predicting positive dynamics for us in 2023 and reaching GDP growth rates higher than those of developed countries in 2024.”

“Our joint decisions have become the basis of a plan of priority actions to ensure the development of the economy in the face of external sanctions pressure. It included more than 300 events out of 33,000 proposals that we received from all over the country. Already by June, the influence of negative factors had sufficiently decreased, and we approached the third quarter, I would say, with a certain margin of safety.”

“Let's be realistic - external pressure on Russia will not weaken. However, we expect that the adaptation period will end as early as 2024. Russia will embark on the path of long-term progressive development.”

Economy support

“Only direct support [of the economy] at the expense of the budget and the NWF amounted to about 1.5 trillion rubles. Under various programs of concessional lending to companies - almost 4 trillion more. And this is not counting the guarantees of VEB.RF for about 1 trillion. We also restructured loans at floating rates under the programs of the Bank of Russia in the amount of about 6 trillion rubles.”

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“According to the results of 2022, for most national projects, the level of implementation of the annual plan is close to 100% .”

“In total, we provided [small and medium-sized enterprises] with almost 1.25 trillion rubles. credit support, as well as preferential microloans. The average rate for them was 6.5%.

“The level of food security in Russia is one of the most reliable in the world. We provide domestic demand in excess with grain — 177.8% , while the value in the [Food Security] Doctrine is 85%, sugar — 103.2% instead of 90%, vegetable oil — 211% instead of 90%, meat — 100% instead of 85%, fish - 153% instead of 85%.

healthcare

“Last year, more than 270 hospitals and polyclinics were built, as well as over 700 prefabricated medical and obstetric stations and outpatient clinics. Completed overhaul of 1300 objects. We delivered 37,000 pieces of equipment, another 2,000 ambulances and 4,000 vehicles to transport doctors and patients.”

“We have launched a unique advanced neonatal screening program. It allows for the first time to diagnose 40 congenital and hereditary diseases at the earliest stage. <...> We purchased about 300 units of medical and laboratory equipment for a total amount of more than 1.5 billion rubles.”

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Education

“Last year [kindergartens] were built 240 , and in total over the past three years - more than a thousand. And over 150,000 kids were able to go there.”

“Last year, more than 1,500 buildings [schools] were put in order and more than 250 were built.”

“Combined teams [of schoolchildren] annually perform at the eight most significant Olympiads in general subjects. Last year, 43 medals were won, most of them of the highest standard: 32 gold and 11 silver. This is the best result in terms of the amount of gold in the last 10 years.”

Employment

“At the instruction of the President, we have taken a whole range of measures, first of all, we have expanded the opportunities for training and mastering new professional skills. Nearly 200,000 people completed the courses . Re-launched the recruitment incentive program with a focus on young people who tend to find it harder to find suitable jobs due to lack of experience. We reimburse organizations for partial wages of hired employees, and 7 billion rubles are provided for these purposes.”

“Due to support, the unemployment rate decreased and in December it was recorded at a historic low of 3.7% . And in January of this year - 3.6%.

aircraft industry

“All decisions on the required amount of financing for the industry have been made. Now the main thing is not to slow down the momentum, including the modernization of production lines. From 2026, we plan to produce more than 100 Russian aircraft of various modifications per year.”

Transport

“In Russian regions, including new ones, more than 22 thousand kilometers of roads were built and repaired, 176 million square meters were laid. m of canvas, which is 16 million square meters. m more than previous achievements.

Region support

“During the year, the government provided the budgets of the subjects with almost 4 trillion rubles. , which is almost 10% more than a year earlier.

“A mechanism has been developed that has significantly reduced the burden on regional finances. On behalf of the head of state, expensive market borrowings worth 720 billion rubles were replaced with budget loans. This allowed them to save more than 65 billion in servicing the public debt.”