Today, December 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin summarized the results of 2024. Journalists, celebrities and bloggers gathered for a huge press conference, also combined with Direct Line. The head of state answered many questions: about rising prices, demographics, mortgages and others. We have collected his important quotes.

“The unemployment rate is now at a record low of 2.3%”;
“The increase in salaries of Russians amounted to 9% in real terms, and the income of the population also increased”;
“Increasing prices is an unpleasant thing. The increase in prices is affected by the harvest, world prices and sanctions. But the authorities also have shortcomings”;
“Our birth rate is 1.4 percent, which is a low rate, but in other European countries this rate is even lower. A birth rate of 2.1% is needed for population reproduction to occur”;
“The number of women of childbearing age has decreased by 30 percent”;
“There should be no restrictions on family and rural mortgages. Those who are family will definitely stay, those who are rural will definitely stay. We will restore order”;
“It has been proposed to “cover up” the IT mortgage, but this does not make sense in terms of saving budget funds”;
“What is happening now is quite worrying. The volume of frauds is very high. We need to discipline the situation with fraudsters”;
“The conditions for foreigners in our region need to be tightened. Maybe a separate office will be created for immigrants”;
“YouTube and Google must comply with our laws and avoid online fraud. Roskomnadzor makes claims and does the right thing. If they want to work here, they have to obey the law. A holy place is never empty”;
“The West imposes sanctions on Russia because it is afraid of competition”;
“Politics is the art of compromise. We have always said that we are ready for negotiations and compromises”;
“We plan to build a ring road around the Sea of Azov, which has become the inland sea of the Russian Federation”;
“I would like to see my friends and loved ones from living people more often.”
Source: People Talk

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