The National Priority Projects of Russia (russian: Приоритетные национальные проекты России) was a program of the

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set out by Russian President

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

in his speech on 5 September 2005. The program was aimed to develop social welfare in Russia by additional funding by the state of four selected projects focusing on

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it ...

and

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

. The program has been supervised by the Council for Implementation of the Priority National Projects attached to the President of the Russian Federation, created according to a presidential decree on 21 October 2005. The council has been headed by the President himself, First Deputy Prime Minister

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has been appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Council and Chairman of its Presidium, Deputy Prime Minister

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and Igor Shuvalov, aide to the President, have become deputy chairmen of the Council. The most high-profile change within the national priority project frameworks has probably been the 2006 across-the-board increase in wages in healthcare and education, as well as the decision to modernise equipment in both sectors in 2006 and 2007. The website of the Council for Implementation of the Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy previously contained an archive of documents on the implementation of national projects. The site was no longer updated from May 2009. In July 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recognized the composition of the Council outdated, and in September 2010, the statute on it was declared invalid as well. On 7 May 2018, after the start of his fourth term as president, Vladimir Putin signed a decree to set up the new National Projects of Russia (russian: Национальные проекты России) developed in three areas: "Human Capital", "Comfortable Environment for Life" and "Economic Growth."

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Official website of the program
(in Russian)

by Arkady Ostrovsky, ''

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'', 19 November 2005.
Russian PM snubbed on spending
by Arkady Ostrovsky and Neil Buckley, ''Financial Times'', 14 November 2005.

by

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, '' BusinessWeek'', 29 March 2007 Welfare in Russia Politics of Russia Economy of Russia {{Russia-politics-stub

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