In Russia, pension provision for older citizens has improved significantly. The authorities are actively working to improve the living standards of families. These indicators are the main priorities for the country's development. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin in the course of announcing the message to the Federal Assembly. "Our priority is the well-being of people. We must give people decent work, "the head of state said.. According to him, people should be able to realize themselves, and after leaving for a well-deserved rest - to receive adequate social support from the state. Putin noted that the support of the elderly is a moral duty of politicians. It is necessary to increase the size of pensions and ensure their annual indexation is higher than the inflation rate. In the country should not only grow salaries, but also pensions. The gap between salary levels and pensions should be reduced. Another important task is to improve the quality of social services for older people. The new government is obliged to take up its implementation, which will be formed after the elections. According to the head of state, Russia should strive to enter the "Club 80+", that is, in the list of countries in which the life expectancy is more than 80 years. At the same time, old age should be qualitative and active. To solve all economic problems and increase the standard of living of the population, it is necessary to solve demographic problems. Reducing the number of able-bodied population is a serious constraint on economic growth, Putin said.. Demographic losses of the 90s still make themselves felt, but the situation broke down. In order to finally cope with the consequences of overlapping two demographic pits, it is necessary to continue to support the programs of demographic growth. Already on January 1, by the way, a number of measures to support the birth rate have been introduced: these are benefits at the birth of the first child, and low mortgage rates and a number of other. Young mothers need to provide decent conditions: so that they can support people, receive education, continue their careers without losing their qualifications. Therefore, the state is obliged to provide all small Russians with kindergartens (this task has already been accomplished) and nurseries (this is a key goal for the coming years). In general, the state will send more than 3 trillion rubles for the protection of motherhood and childhood in the coming years. Do not forget about improving medical services. We must strive to spend 5% of GDP on health in the 2020s. Putin said. This is twice as much as now. The President proposed to link the healthcare system into a single digital circuit in order to attract the entire system to help a particular person, and also to create a national program to combat cancer. To increase the standard of living, you need to increase the size of GDP per capita one and a half times. To achieve this, the state will be supported by small and medium-sized enterprises. Another direction is the support of housing construction, to help Russians solve the housing problem.

It is necessary to reduce mortgage rates, protect interest holders from the arbitrariness of developers and change the rules for calculating real estate tax. Putin said the need to clarify the calculation mechanisms, because the cadastral value is significantly higher than the market. This problem should be resolved during the first half of this year.

"We did not agree. And people did not expect this from us, "the head of state underlined.. Thanks to the efforts of the government, the number of citizens living below the poverty line fell from 40 to 20 million people. The fight against poverty was hampered by the consequences of the global financial crisis - so there would be even less of them. In the immediate plans of the authorities - to finally defeat poverty, but today "even working people live very modestly".