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[00:00:10] The Parliamentary Hour program is on air. Hello. Today
[00:00:14] is the final day of voting in the elections for deputies of the State Duma
[00:00:17] of the ninth convocation. They are being held in all regions of the country from September 18 to
[00:00:21] 20. For the first time, residents of Donbass and Novorossiya are participating in them. In the DPR, taking into
[00:00:24] account early voting, by noon of the first day, the turnout
[00:00:28] exceeded 70%.
[00:00:32] Russian President Vladimir Putin called the election campaign significant and
[00:00:36] largely decisive. In his address on the eve of the elections, the head
[00:00:39] of state noted that it is taking place in the conditions of a special military
[00:00:42] operation. The most active participation in the elections will be taken by servicemen, who
[00:00:46] are currently carrying out difficult combat work. Victory, according to
[00:00:50] Vladimir Putin, is being brought closer by everyone who honestly works for the homeland, understands
[00:00:53] their responsibility for its future. Your choice and
[00:00:57] will will once again show that behind our
[00:01:01] soldiers are millions of people, that we
[00:01:03] are a united people, united by common
[00:01:06] values, historical memory, love for
[00:01:09] the homeland, that no one will succeed in splitting
[00:01:12] or intimidating us, undermining our statehood and
[00:01:16] socio-political system. The voice of every
[00:01:20] voter matters, I am convinced that
[00:01:23] relying on your support and trust, the most worthy,
[00:01:27] competent candidates will win,
[00:01:30] true patriots of Russia, those who will not
[00:01:34] let us down, who have proven their loyalty to their
[00:01:37] homeland with deeds, their readiness to serve our people, to protect
[00:01:40] the country from any threats. This will be
[00:01:43] our common answer to those who want to weaken Russia,
[00:01:47] hinder its development, deprive us of sovereignty and the right
[00:01:50] to independently determine our destiny.
[00:01:54] Participation in elections is our
[00:01:57] common contribution to the victory of Russia.
[00:02:01] This year, the CEC prepared about 112 million ballots for
[00:02:04] the federal electoral district, which include 10 political
[00:02:08] parties that have passed the registration procedure. Over 4
[00:02:11] million applications have been submitted to participate in remote electronic
[00:02:14] voting, polling stations are also open in 152
[00:02:18] countries around the world. On the first day of voting, the chairman of the State
[00:02:21] Duma came to the polling station. Vyacheslav Volodin
[00:02:24] stressed that much depends on the choice of each person, first
[00:02:28] of all, the future of the country. The faction leaders and
[00:02:32] other deputies of the current eighth convocation also voted.
[00:02:47] And on the very first day of voting, the head of European diplomacy sent a circular to
[00:02:50] all EU countries about non-recognition of the results of the elections to
[00:02:54] the State Duma. Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this in his channel on Max.
[00:02:57] Such a step can be unequivocally regarded
[00:03:00] as interference in the affairs of a sovereign state and a desire to
[00:03:03] destabilize the situation in our country, stressed the chairman of
[00:03:06] the State Duma. They will only be satisfied if puppets
[00:03:10] they will control win the elections. Everyone needs to
[00:03:13] realize that as soon as this happens, there will be no country. They
[00:03:17] want to stop our development and collapse Russia, so it should be
[00:03:21] obvious to everyone that the more they criticize us, the more
[00:03:24] they tarnish our political and electoral system, the more
[00:03:28] they disagree with the election results. This means we are on the right track.
[00:03:32] Our task is to ensure the constitutional right of Russian citizens
[00:03:35] to participate in elections. Only the people of our country will decide
[00:03:39] their fate. Vyacheslav Volodin also noted that
[00:03:42] 1,126 international observers and electoral experts from
[00:03:46] 133 countries and 13 observation of the elections to the State Duma.
[00:03:49] 133 стран и 13
[00:03:51] organizations are participating in the
[00:03:56] 2980. That's how many laws in 5 years
[00:04:00] the State Duma of the eighth convocation adopted. Among the main
[00:04:03] priorities are the protection of historical memory, support for families with children
[00:04:07] and other social guarantees. More details about
[00:04:10] the decisions in the review by my colleague Alexander Laktionov.
[00:04:23] By decision of the deputies of the eighth convocation, the maternity capital program was
[00:04:27] extended until 2030. It has changed. Now
[00:04:31] it annually grows according to the actual inflation rate, and not according to its
[00:04:35] forecast, as it was before. Families with children under
[00:04:38] 17 years old, as well as women who registered before 12 weeks of
[00:04:41] pregnancy, began to receive a single allowance. To accrue payments,
[00:04:45] it is necessary to simultaneously meet a number of criteria for income level and
[00:04:49] property ownership. In 2026, State Duma deputies
[00:04:52] adopted amendments that allowed large families
[00:04:55] to retain the right to a single allowance with a slight increase.
[00:05:05] In particular, if the threshold is exceeded by no more than 10%, the family will continue to receive state support. Also, by decision of the State Duma of the eighth convocation,
[00:05:09] parents retained the right to a monthly childcare allowance if they
[00:05:12] return from parental leave before the child reaches
[00:05:16] the age of one and a half years. Another
[00:05:19] important rule aimed at supporting large families. For such parents,
[00:05:22] restrictions on including periods of childcare up to one and a half years in their insurance
[00:05:26] record have been lifted. In addition, if a third or subsequent
[00:05:29] child was born in the family after January 1, 2019, the state allocates
[00:05:33] 450,000 rubles to repay mortgage
[00:05:36] debt. In the eighth convocation, the corresponding program was
[00:05:40] extended until the end of
[00:05:43] 2030. Working parents
[00:05:45] who are raising two or more children can count on a so-called
[00:05:49] tax cashback. Such families can return
[00:05:53] 7 out of 13% of the paid
[00:05:55] income tax to their budget, that is,
[00:05:59] in fact, personal income tax for this category of citizens is
[00:06:02] 6%. A number of payments upon the birth of a baby
[00:06:06] are completely exempt from income tax. We are talking about support that
[00:06:09] employers can provide to their employees after the birth,
[00:06:13] adoption of a child or guardianship over them.
[00:06:17] The amount from which personal income tax is not withheld has been increased from
[00:06:20] 50,000 rubles to 1
[00:06:21] million.
[00:06:24] The maternity benefit has been increased for full-time female students
[00:06:27] in universities, professional educational and scientific
[00:06:30] organizations. The payment has increased to the level of the subsistence minimum
[00:06:34] for the working population in the region.
[00:06:37] Women awarded the title of Mother Heroine began to receive assistance
[00:06:41] from the state on par with heroes of Russia and heroes of labor. In addition to
[00:06:44] a monthly payment, they have the right to out-of-turn free
[00:06:48] medical care, free provision of medicines by
[00:06:51] prescription, exemption from payment for utility services, benefits when
[00:06:55] using vehicles for travel, as well as free
[00:06:59] vocational training and additional professional education.
[00:07:13] A large block of decisions of the State Duma of the eighth convocation concerned issues of child
[00:07:17] protection. Deputies banned the sale of vapes,
[00:07:20] energy drinks, and gas-containing products to minors. Violators face large
[00:07:24] fines, and for repeated sales of tobacco and nicotine-containing
[00:07:28] products to children, criminal liability has been established.
[00:07:32] A number of decisions have been adopted aimed at protecting our values,
[00:07:35] prohibiting the promotion of non-traditional relationships, pedophilia, gender
[00:07:38] change, as well as conscious refusal of childbirth on the internet, in
[00:07:42] media, cinema and advertising, and citizens of foreign countries where
[00:07:45] gender change is allowed can no longer adopt children from
[00:07:48] Russia. Child safety is another
[00:07:52] key topic, for involving teenagers in committing crimes and
[00:07:55] anti-social acts, responsibility has been tightened, for this
[00:07:59] they face up to 10 years of deprivation of liberty. Close attention during
[00:08:02] the eighth convocation was paid by deputies to issues of children's recreation, including
[00:08:06] the condition of children's health camps. The State Duma
[00:08:09] banned changing the intended purpose.
[00:08:13] of those provided for such facilities, if there is no positive conclusion from a specially created commission.
[00:08:17] A new all-Russian movement of children and youth,
[00:08:20] the Movement of the First, has appeared. In elementary grades of school, labor and
[00:08:24] technology classes became mandatory, in middle and high school, classes on the basics of safety
[00:08:28] and defense of the homeland appeared.
[00:08:30] Children received the opportunity of priority enrollment in a school or kindergarten where
[00:08:34] their brothers or sisters study, regardless of whether
[00:08:38] they live together or not. The norm of the law. applies to both biological
[00:08:42] brothers and sisters, and to children under guardianship in the same
[00:08:45] family.
[00:08:47] As Vyacheslav Volodin noted, every third
[00:08:56] law adopted by the State Duma in the eighth convocation is socially oriented. One of
[00:09:00] the important decisions in this area is the indexation of pensions for working
[00:09:04] pensioners. The mechanism came into force in 2025, and the system
[00:09:07] itself for obtaining benefits and social payments in the country became more convenient. A number of
[00:09:11] benefits are assigned automatically, without an application.
[00:09:15] The deputies of the eighth convocation protected social benefits from being written off for
[00:09:17] debts. The list of incomes that cannot be subject to
[00:09:21] collection by court bailiffs includes one-time
[00:09:24] social payments, benefits for pregnant women, and payments within the framework of
[00:09:28] a social contract. And now about a decision that will help in
[00:09:32] difficult life situations. The right to receive credit holidays is now
[00:09:35] permanent, for example, in case of illness,
[00:09:39] job loss, or a decrease in average monthly income by more
[00:09:43] than 30%, you can not make payments on a consumer
[00:09:46] loan for six months.
[00:09:49] In recent years, the number and size of tax
[00:09:53] deductions in the country have increased. For a child's education, you can now
[00:09:56] get back up to 14,300 rubles per year, and for treatment,
[00:10:00] sports and recreation services, and personal education, up to
[00:10:03] 19,500 rubles. The tax deduction for the second
[00:10:06] and subsequent children has doubled. A new type of
[00:10:10] deduction for passing GTO standards has also appeared. You can get back
[00:10:14] 18,000 rubles per year.
[00:10:17] Deputies additionally protected the labor
[00:10:19] rights of citizens. Now employers are obliged to pay for unused
[00:10:23] days off when an employee is dismissed, and
[00:10:26] an additional day off can be taken within a year from the date of starting
[00:10:30] work on a weekend or holiday. These compensatory days off can also be
[00:10:34] attached to a vacation.
[00:10:44] Since 2021, the State Duma has adopted 19 laws aimed
[00:10:48] at protecting historical memory. The concept of genocide
[00:10:51] of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War is now enshrined
[00:10:55] in law, and forms of perpetuating the memory of its victims, including burials and
[00:10:58] reburials, search work, erection of memorial
[00:11:02] signs, creation of works of art, museums, are defined.
[00:11:06] For desecration of military graves,
[00:11:09] monuments and other memorial structures in Russia and beyond its
[00:11:13] borders, responsibility has been established up to 5 years of
[00:11:16] imprisonment. In addition, ensuring the protection of historical
[00:11:19] truth is included in the system of main areas of crime
[00:11:22] prevention. In the same list,
[00:11:25] not allowing the belittling of the feat of the people in defending the fatherland and
[00:11:28] preventing evasion of military service.
[00:11:32] Residents of besieged Stalingrad were equated with veterans of the Great
[00:11:35] Patriotic War. The corresponding law was developed on the instructions of
[00:11:39] the head of state and adopted during the eighth convocation of the State Duma. Since
[00:11:43] 2023, this category of citizens receives
[00:11:46] additional benefits and social protection
[00:11:48] measures.
[00:11:50] The St. George ribbon became one of the symbols of military glory of Russia.
[00:11:59] Another decision by the deputies of the eighth convocation concerns
[00:12:02] artistic symbols of victory. At festive events, it is permitted to
[00:12:06] publicly use and broadcast works about the Great Patriotic
[00:12:09] War, published before December 26,
[00:12:12] 1991, without the author's
[00:12:15] consent. Over the past 5 years, several new memorable
[00:12:19] dates have appeared in the Russian calendar: April 9 - the day
[00:12:23] of the heroic assault on Königsberg.
[00:12:25] April 19 - the day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great
[00:12:29] Patriotic War. The day of the victorious completion of the Crimean offensive operation
[00:12:32] by Soviet troops is now celebrated annually on
[00:12:36] May 12. August 9, dedicated to the end of the Leningrad
[00:12:39] Battle, as well as September 3, as the day of victory over
[00:12:43] militarist Japan, the end of the Second World
[00:12:46] War, are officially established as days of military glory. And September
[00:12:48] 30 is now marked on the calendar as the date of
[00:12:52] reunification with Russia, the DPR, Zaporozhye and
[00:12:56] Kherson regions.
[00:12:58] We will return to the review of laws adopted by the State Duma of the eighth convocation
[00:13:02] in the second part of the program. And now let's focus on one important
[00:13:05] topic: improving migration policy. Since
[00:13:09] 2024, to bring order to this area, deputies
[00:13:12] have adopted 32 federal laws, 21 of which
[00:13:16] were initiated by deputies. About the changes and the first results in
[00:13:19] a special report by Alexander
[00:13:21] Shavirin.
[00:13:29] 2024: in Naberezhnye Chelny, a crowd of migrants
[00:13:32] started a mass brawl with local residents in the courtyard of an apartment
[00:13:36] building. In the Moscow region, foreigners beat a woman for standing up
[00:13:39] for her daughter on a playground. In Yekaterinburg,
[00:13:42] a migrant attacked journalists who were preparing a story about illegals. What
[00:13:46] are you filming? Federal
[00:13:48] television.
[00:13:52] The Investigative Committee reports that in 8 months of
[00:13:56] 2024, crime among illegal migrants has tripled.
[00:13:59] The Ministry of Internal Affairs states that 630 thousand
[00:14:02] foreigners are illegally in Russia. The State Duma
[00:14:05] is taking on the problem. At the suggestion of Vyacheslav Volodin,
[00:14:08] deputies are forming an inter-factional parliamentary commission on
[00:14:11] migration policy. The conversation with illegals should be
[00:14:15] short, a position shared by all political
[00:14:18] forces. We need to expel those who have violated
[00:14:22] our laws. We should not
[00:14:26] let in those who do not know the language, do not respect our
[00:14:29] traditions, do not respect the culture. That's
[00:14:32] how we need to
[00:14:35] bring order and make decisions, then everything will be
[00:14:39] fine, people are waiting for results.
[00:14:42] On the instructions of Vyacheslav Volodin, the inter-factional commission was headed by
[00:14:46] State Duma Vice-Speaker Irina Yarovaya. The commission included
[00:14:49] committee chairmen, deputies, representatives of the government and federal
[00:14:53] authorities. According to Irina Yarovaya, the primary task,
[00:14:56] designated by the Speaker of the State Duma, was to develop
[00:15:00] systemic measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Russian
[00:15:03] citizens, to counter illegal migration. First
[00:15:06] of all, the tasks of increasing responsibility for organizing illegal
[00:15:09] migration and eliminating intermediaries were seriously
[00:15:13] resolved. We developed the procedures that allowed
[00:15:16] us to literally clear
[00:15:20] the market of these.
[00:15:23] property, respectively, he is prohibited
[00:16:07] from buying cars and registering, for example,
[00:16:10] obtaining Russian driving licenses or other documents until he
[00:16:14] resolves that problem or that conflict that arose for him, on the
[00:16:17] basis of which he received this regime, in order to
[00:16:21] generally act and live on the territory of the Russian Federation. Having
[00:16:24] twice violated the established restrictions, he will have to leave the country
[00:16:28] forcibly. The State Duma granted МВД officials
[00:16:32] the authority to independently make decisions on administrative
[00:16:35] expulsion. The need to wait for a court
[00:16:38] decision has disappeared, the efficiency of the work of internal
[00:16:41] affairs bodies has increased. Hooliganism, disobedience to the lawful
[00:16:44] demand of a police officer or the organization of an unauthorized
[00:16:48] mass event for foreigners is now fraught not only with fines, but also
[00:16:51] with expulsion from Russia. The list of grounds
[00:16:55] for applying the measure during the eighth convocation of the State Duma was expanded by deputies
[00:16:58] by more than double. It is important to us that law-abiding
[00:17:02] people come to the country, and work.
[00:17:06] As a result, in 2025,
[00:18:08] the Ministry of Internal Affairs annulled more than 2.0 temporary residence permits and
[00:18:12] residence permits obtained by foreigners as a result of registering a fictitious
[00:18:16] marriage. There is a direct request from voters for this. Voters say that
[00:18:20] they often do not understand how certain people end up on the territory
[00:18:23] of the Russian Federation and in fact, dishonest citizens
[00:18:27] in the Russian Federation who give such an opportunity, this law will
[00:18:30] also put everything in its place. Residence permits,
[00:18:33] temporary residence permits for... for foreigners. The Prosecutor General's Office
[00:20:07] announced the restriction of access to 20 thousand such
[00:20:11] pages. Foreign citizens take a comprehensive exam in
[00:20:14] these booths. The individual test includes 22 questions on the basics
[00:20:17] of legislation, Russian history and the Russian language. Everything is recorded by
[00:20:21] cameras, using phones is prohibited. Observers are also
[00:20:25] present in the hall. Not only adults should
[00:20:28] know the Russian language. In the eighth convocation, the State Duma introduced mandatory testing for
[00:20:31] migrant children when entering Russian schools. The situation is like.
[00:20:35] it is already necessary to confirm.
[00:20:50] The tasks vary depending on the class. Rosobrnadzor monitors
[00:20:53] the progress of testing. And it can be said that
[00:20:56] monthly the percentage of both successful and unsuccessful children
[00:21:00] is divided roughly equally. To obtain permits in
[00:21:04] Russia, foreigners also need to undergo a medical
[00:21:08] examination. The State Duma shortened the period during which migrants
[00:21:11] must do this from 90 to 30 days. With the adopted
[00:21:14] laws, deputies established criminal liability for forging
[00:21:17] medical certificates, and evasion of
[00:21:20] the procedure by a migrant will entail their expulsion from the
[00:21:23] country. Interdepartmental data exchange has also been improved.
[00:21:27] We are very grateful to our legislators, because now with the adoption
[00:21:31] of the new law, information exchange will be carried out
[00:21:34] completely in paperless form. The information systems
[00:21:38] of healthcare, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Rospotrebnadzor will
[00:21:42] seamlessly exchange data in case
[00:21:45] of detection of infectious diseases or drug use.
[00:21:48] In addition, the digital format will create an absolutely transparent
[00:21:51] environment. Medical examination of migrants, as reported
[00:21:54] by the Ministry of Health of Russia, can be carried out by about 1,300 organizations,
[00:21:58] 3/4 of which are state-owned. Private companies, in
[00:22:02] accordance with new requirements, are allowed to carry out these procedures
[00:22:05] only by decision of the region.
[00:22:08] About legislative changes in
[00:22:13] the migration sphere. We will continue to talk about this in the second part
[00:22:16] of the program. Stay tuned. Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad
[00:22:31] region are electing deputies of the State Duma and the composition of the legislative assembly
[00:22:35] of their regions. Our correspondent Ksenia Yakubina is live.
[00:22:38] Ksyusha, hello. What are the turnout figures for this
[00:22:42] hour? Dmitry, hello, at the moment the turnout for
[00:22:45] the elections to the State Duma and the legislative assembly
[00:22:48] is 42%, which is
[00:22:52] 1.79.