Putin plan to Russia births boost

20 April 2011, last updated at 14: 45 GMT Vladimir Putin warned before the danger that weak and overly dependent on the outside world, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has revealed plans is reverse Russia of falling population.

Rubles spend the Government 1.5tn ($ weather-related catastrophes; ￡ 33bn) to boost the birth rate and the extension of life expectancy.

He announced the plan in a key speech to the Duma on the economy before the presidential election in March 2012.

The Prime Minister has indicated he can try again the Presidency, but it is unclear whether way would lead the incumbent Dmitry Medwedew to him.

Mr Putin, widely considered the power behind the throne in Russia, stand as President at the last election because the constitutional limit of his term in Office, and supports Medvedev - a close ally of the political - as his successor.

"Unjustified liberalism"

The speech was an opportunity for Mr Putin his economic policy before the presidential and parliamentary elections in the sketch seen December.

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Vladimir Putin has not said whether he intends to run for President next year, but if he does this speech - on Russian TV - display live well with the public is gone down.

It was banged fully increase with positive messages about economic achievements, salary, pension and promises of new Russian weapons and spacecraft.

His claim to Russia a strong country be that "gross interference" in its internal affairs could resist is many viewers have struck a chord with. How is his criticism of "unjustified liberalism".

The two hour address offered something for everyone: modern equipment for farmers, new housing for soldiers, higher wages for librarians, better hospitals, schools and museums.

Mr Putin was after his political career, not sound like a politician, the winding.

The Prime Minister is positioned as a political hard-liner, in contrast to Mr Medvedev, more liberal face and more openness in the West has presented one during his presidency.

The Russian Prime Minister, whose Government was in the West for criticized stifle democracy, once again said that political stability was more important than liberalisation too fast.

"The country needs a decade strong, quiet development, without different types of swings, poorly thought out experiments based on sometimes unjustified liberalism or, on the other hand, on social demagoguery,", he said reminds voters of disasters in the 1990s.

Mr stressed the need for Russia's economy to diversify Putin of energy and reduce mineral exports, its economic dependence on the outside world.

"Oil boom, we only underlines the need to move a new model of economic development experience," he said.

"Economic weakness and sensitivity to external shocks cause threats to national sovereignty."

"Frank - in the modern world are, if you are weak, there is always someone who will come and clearly which recommended way to carry out the policy, go to choose which path."

The most important story in a surprise initiative, read on "demography projects" he demanded in a country whose population 6% since the mid-1990s fell.

"First we expect the average life expectancy, reaching 71 years," he said.

"Secondly, we expect the birth rate of 25-30% compared to 2006 birth rate increase."

Strategic sectors

Russia - which confirmed his status as the world's largest oil producer--has high energy prices was riding.

The Prime Minister that the economy had grown in the first quarter of the year, 4.4% making it the best performers in the G8 Group of major economies.

And despite his calls for a more diversified economy, said Mr Putin that recent disaster Fukushima, and the resulting backlash against nuclear energy in Europe, Russian oil and gas exports would rise only demand.

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With rising oil revenues, he said the Government would cut its budget deficit to 1% - total remove 1.5% this year and it in the future.

To support the economic development, Mr Putin supports the lifting of barriers to foreign investment in "strategic sectors" in Russia.

He said, the Government directed $50 billion 60bn foreign capital in the coming years to win when compared with a rate of $40 billion in 2010.

Addressing the pharmaceutical industry, he indicated that companies do business Russia may need more money in the country to invest in.

"We spend billions on orders of medical equipment from foreign companies," he said. "I think it is a natural state, with which the foreign partners would also gradually to the Russia."

Inflation is a concern to many voters.

Forest fires last summer triggered shortages and sharp rises in the grains and other foods.

The Government closely just the areas of the fires was affected, he said, adding that inflation would not exceed 7.5% this year.

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