Thanks medical workers for their work, and says they need to be paid a proper wage.
"Putin’s 'we must reduce the level of poverty twofold,' means in practice that it will be twice as hard for poor people to receive welfare, because getting the status of a person needing it will be twice as hard."
Calls for national anticancer program.
Moves from health care to the environment. Says millions of people still drink substandard water.
Says industries will no longer get extensions in order to conform to ecological standards.
Calls for environmental protection of Baikal and the Volga region. Stresses development of national park system and says they must be made accessible for "ecological tourism."
Praises noncommercial organizations and volunteer work. Says they are crucial to making Russia "a single people." Also says it is impossible to overemphasize the role of culture. Calls for development of regional cultural/museum centers. Calls for exhibition halls in the regions where major museums could send travelling exhibitions.
"When you listen to Putin, you understand that other presidential candidates are such kids that they can only be entrusted with managing a small farm. But even so, only as an experiment."