Calls on young people to actively take advantage of the opportunities being created to help themselves, their families, their country.
Calls for creation of 15 scientific research centers over the next three years.
Praises government's programs in genetics and artificial intelligence. Says Russia must be in the vanguard of these technologies.
Says some of the projects that he highlighted in last year's speech were comparable to the Soviet effort to put the first artificial satellite into orbit.
Praises Russia's high-tech breakthroughs in the areas of modern weaponry.
- By Carl Schreck
Here's Putin's direct quote about entrepreneurs and criminal prosecutions, courtesy of our news desk. It comes less than a week after a Moscow court placed U.S. investor Michael Calvey under arrest:
"During the investigation of economic crimes, suspected individuals must not necessarily be placed under pretrial arrest."
Calls for 5G Internet connections for the whole country. Calls for creation of national space center.
Calls for simplifying visa requirements for tourists visiting Russia.