President's message: Saving the people of Russia is our highest national priority
Vladimir Putin is addressing his 17th Address to the Federal Assembly. Usually the message lasts about an hour. But there is also a record here. This is the message of 2018, when the Russian president spent almost two hours on speech. In that message, the head of state spoke about the latest Russian weapons.
Vladimir Putin:
Vladimir Putin began his message with gratitude to everyone involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Putin noted that doctors, nurses, paramedics and scientists who have fought and continue to fight the pandemic are present in the hall. According to him, the number of beds in hospitals has been increased to 280 thousand.
Putin noted that today there is an emergency in the field of demography:
According to the president, the strategy is to re-establish sustainable population growth.
Putin:
According to the president, in addition to the coronavirus, demographics "overlap traces of the 40s and 90s."
The president:
Putin instructed the government to increase the intensity of work to combat diseases, which claim the lives of Russians more than others.
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