The Russian economy has passed the recession and moved to a period of growth. This indicates that ordinary citizens of the country will soon feel real improvements. First of all, it concerns the increase of salaries for state employees and pensions. Such a statement was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the "Direct Line".

At the beginning of the live broadcast, the head of state spoke about the state of affairs in the domestic economy, since most of the questions that came to the call center concerned the social and economic sphere.

"The Russian economy came to a period of growth. We have three quarters in a row growth in economy, GDP growth, gold and foreign exchange reserves have grown, "Putin said.. According to him, the country recorded a record low inflation rate of 4.1%. By the end of the year, inflation in Russia could reach the planned level of 4%.

Investments in capital grow faster than the economy. So now we can say that the crisis has been overcome, the president stressed.. This can not but be reflected positively on the social sphere: in Russia, maternal mortality has quadrupled and children's. Life expectancy increased from 70 to 72 years. Such improvements "do not show any social sphere, probably in the world".

At the same time, Putin noted that the worsening of the income level of the population: "We have reduced the real incomes of citizens in the last few years. And what is especially alarming is that the number of people living below the poverty line who receive incomes below the subsistence minimum has increased ".

Now we have to compensate for this lag, but the authorities are coping with this task. "Real wages from July to August (2016 g. ) Began to grow quietly, "- said the head of state. Salary growth was 2.3 - 2.4%, pensioners were indexed with pensions. The lower bars of the minimum wage.

The President promised to continue to take measures to improve the standard of living of the population. "We have unresolved problems in the economy, this primarily affects the incomes of people. What are these problems? This is the structure of the economy, which does not suit us and in this connection we can say about low labor productivity. If we do not raise it, then there will be no new jobs, then revenues will not increase. This is the key thing, "the head of state noted..

Sanctions did not have a key impact on the predicament in which the Russian economy turned out to be several years ago. According to Putin, restrictive measures "forced us to include brains". "Foreign economic conditions were more influenced, including a fall in energy prices," the president said.. He promised Russian farmers to continue supporting programs so that at the time of the end of the sanctions they had a competitive advantage over foreign suppliers.

Answering questions from the regions, Vladimir Putin said that the government will be instructed to increase the salaries of teachers.

According to him, the average salary of teachers should not be several times lower than the average for the economy of the region. "Such a difference, as I said, should not be in income, so it would be justifiable, if it happens in practice, it would be reasonable to designate a minimum or a minimum ratio between the income level of young professionals and those who already have a large experience. Over this, probably, we need to think about it, "the Russian leader said..