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Tatyana Golikova spoke at the final meeting of the Ministry of Labor at the National Center "Russia."

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova spoke at the final meeting of the board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection at the National Center "Russia."

"For several years now, our country has been operating under difficult conditions of severe sanctions and restrictions. But despite all these challenges, the social sector, represented here today at the National Center 'Russia,' by the Ministry of Labor, the Social Fund, Rostrud, the medical and social expertise agency, federal agencies, and regional ministries, is fulfilling its assigned tasks with dignity, ensuring the state's social obligations are met," said Tatyana Golikova.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that Russia is increasingly focusing on large families: both their size and the number of children in them are growing. Last year, the number of large families increased by 10.6% to over 2.9 million, while the number of children in large families increased by 590,000 to 9.5 million.

According to her, extensive efforts have prevented a significant decline in the birth rate. Eighteen regions, including those that previously showed negative trends, have seen increases. These include the city of Sevastopol, Mordovia, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Leningrad, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ryazan regions, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

She added that demographic issues are inextricably linked to family incomes. "Wage growth, employment-focused measures, and targeted support measures have contributed to a reduction in poverty. By the end of 2025, the poverty rate was 6.7%, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to 2024," said Tatyana Golikova.

Particular attention is being paid to systemic measures within the framework of national projects and strategies. Last year, the country launched the implementation of new national projects—"Family" and "Personnel"—as well as two key strategic documents: the Action Strategy for the Implementation of Family and Demographic Policy and Support for Large Families and the Action Strategy for Senior Citizens. These initiatives are designed to create a comprehensive system of support for Russian families at different stages of the life cycle and strengthen the country's demographic potential.

Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov spoke about the initial results of the national projects and the mechanisms for implementing the state's priority tasks. He also shared plans for 2026.

"It has already become a tradition to meet here at the National Center 'Russia' to review our work over the year and discuss the challenges ahead. The past year was marked by a number of significant events: at the President's initiative, the new national projects 'Family' and 'Personnel' were launched, as the Prime Minister mentioned in his welcoming remarks today. The national project 'Family' brings together all the popular support measures for families with children—maternity capital, family mortgages, childbirth payments, a unified allowance, and a new family tax payment, which we will be working on this year. For the first time, support for large families has been identified as a separate project. The development of regional demographic programs has become a separate focus," said Anton Kotyakov.

He also added that the national "Personnel" project provided the foundation for long-term labor market management. It combined both management tools and direct support measures for job seekers and employers. Last year, its performance exceeded 98%.

As Anton Kotyakov noted, unemployment has reached a historically low level of 2.2%. He noted that, according to Rosstat, average wages increased by 13.5%, while real wages, that is, wages adjusted for inflation, increased by 4.4%.

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev held a working meeting with Samara Region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. The main topics discussed were the development of the agro-industrial complex and ensuring environmental well-being in the region.

Last year, 2.2 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget to support the agro-industrial complex and the development of rural areas in the Samara region, and almost 2.5 billion have been allocated for the current year.

The agricultural production index for 2025 was estimated to be nearly 106%, which is higher than the national average.

In recent years, the Samara Region's agro-industrial complex has demonstrated steady growth across all key areas. Specifically, historical oilseed production records were set in 2025 – 1.5 million tons. Currently, the region's farmers are actively preparing for the spring fieldwork. This year, the planned sowing area is at last year's level – approximately 2.3 million hectares. Dmitry Patrushev emphasized that to ensure the high-quality execution of the upcoming sowing campaign, farmers must be provided with all the necessary materials and equipment.

An important area of work is the comprehensive development of rural areas. Under the relevant state program, 1.2 billion rubles have been allocated from the federal budget to the Samara Region for municipal improvements in 2025. A comparable amount is earmarked for 2026.

Dmitry Patrushev and Vyacheslav Fedorishchev also discussed the region's participation in the national project "Environmental Well-Being." In 2025, the Samara Region became one of the leaders among Russian regions in terms of reforestation. Its area significantly exceeded the area of dead trees. This result was made possible by increased funding for reforestation work and the purchase of forestry equipment.

In the Samara Region, work is also underway to create facilities for the processing, recycling, and disposal of municipal solid waste. Furthermore, the federal project "Water of Russia" is being implemented. Approximately 1 billion rubles are planned to be allocated from the federal budget for all activities under this national environmental project by 2030.

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On March 15, workers in the housing and utilities sector celebrate their professional holiday. Various tools are being used to modernize this sector, including infrastructure loans, preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund, and subsidies from the federal budget, announced Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

"The housing and utilities sector is the foundation of citizens' social well-being and regional development. We still need to address many long-standing issues in the sector, so this issue is receiving the utmost attention. The President has instructed us to improve the quality of utilities for 20 million Russians by 2030. To address this challenge, the regions are systematically upgrading their utilities infrastructure. Overall, over 3,700 housing and utilities facilities, including approximately 6,800 km of utility networks, have been commissioned to date using infrastructure loans, preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund, and two programs with federal budget subsidies," said Marat Khusnullin.

In particular, thanks to infrastructure budget programs, special treasury programs, and treasury infrastructure loan programs, 948 housing and utilities projects and activities have been completed in 76 regions of the country, including over 2,100 kilometers of networks. These include water pipelines, heating mains, power lines, sewers, gas supply networks, and others. Another 1,186 projects and activities remain in progress in 89 regions.

Furthermore, the Presidium of the Government Commission for Regional Development, led by Marat Khusnullin, approved the allocation of 185.3 billion rubles in treasury infrastructure loans in 2025 for the implementation of 192 housing and utilities projects, including 580 facilities and activities in 80 regions.

"The program using preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund is also an effective mechanism for modernizing public utility infrastructure. A total of 1,180 facilities have been commissioned under this program, including over 1,400 kilometers of networks. In addition, two programs are being implemented using subsidies from the federal budget, which also provides significant support to the regions. To date, over 1,600 facilities, including 3,300 kilometers of networks, have been commissioned under these programs," noted Vasily Kupyzin, CEO of the Territorial Development Fund.

The Ministry of Construction of Russia is the curator of these programs, and the work is carried out with the participation of the Territorial Development Fund.

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Work to eliminate the consequences of the oil spill following the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait continues.

Monitoring is underway in the Black Sea, as well as the coasts of the Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea. No new oil spills have been recorded over the past week. Satellite images of the Black Sea tanker wrecks have revealed no confirmed oil spills.

The combined group of forces and resources involved in eliminating the consequences of the emergency consists of 793 people and 185 units of equipment.

Since the emergency, more than 185,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil have been collected in the Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and Sevastopol. More than 3,000 kilometers of coastline have been cleaned, including repeated cleanups.

In total, more than 181 thousand tons of contaminated sand and soil were disposed of by specialized organizations or sent into economic circulation.

A layer of clean sand was poured over a 1 km long test section to replace the previously collected contaminated soil.

"Rospotrebnadzor specialists are currently examining samples taken at the site. Based on their findings, the commission will consider the effectiveness of this restoration method and the possibility of replicating it on other affected beaches," noted Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev.

The final decision on the format for the 2026 beach season in Anapa and the Temryuk district will be made based on the results of the studies. Seawater tests conducted by Rospotrebnadzor since the beginning of this year have revealed no deviations from standards.

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