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[00:00:01] electric scooters, and this is only in 8 months, the Federation Council is working on
[00:00:04] making pedestrians and drivers safe, we are talking about a
[00:00:08] whole system of identification of means
[00:00:12] of individual mobility, that is, this is a whole federal standard
[00:00:16] related to their accounting. The draft federal budget for the next
[00:00:19] 3 years has passed its first public discussion. In the
[00:00:23] Federation Council, parliamentary hearings of the main financial
[00:00:26] document of the country took place. In them, by tradition, senators,
[00:00:30] heads of the Ministry of Finance, the Accounts Chamber, the Federal Tax Service, and
[00:00:34] of course, representatives of the regions participated. Opening
[00:00:37] the meeting, the speaker noted: the consideration of the budget refers to the key
[00:00:40] constitutional powers of parliament. Properly allocated
[00:00:44] money is the basis for the development of regions and for the growth of the entire
[00:00:48] economy. Senators began working on the document back
[00:00:51] in the summer, they prepared about 50 initiatives for the budget concept,
[00:00:54] most of them were reflected in the
[00:00:58] bill.
[00:01:36] dependence on oil is decreasing, the deficit is safe, and
[00:01:40] public debt is under control. Key budget priorities
[00:01:43] are preserved, this is the fulfillment of social obligations to
[00:01:47] citizens, ensuring defense and
[00:01:50] security needs, achieving the national
[00:01:52] development goals set by the president. All
[00:01:56] social obligations of the state will be fulfilled next year.
[00:02:00] Anton Siluanov noted. Insurance pensions will be increased twice from
[00:02:03] February 1st by 6.8%, that is,
[00:02:06] to the inflation level for 2026, from April 1st
[00:02:09] the insurance part of pensions will be additionally increased
[00:02:13] by more than 3%. The average amount
[00:02:17] after indexation will almost reach 30,000 rubles.
[00:02:20] The minimum wage will increase in January by the same
[00:02:24] 6.8% and will amount to almost
[00:02:27] 29,000, the subsistence minimum will also grow, on average across
[00:02:31] Russia it will exceed 20,000 rubles. This will automatically
[00:02:34] lead to an increase in many other social payments.
[00:02:38] A separate minister focused on the so-called children's budget,
[00:02:42] these are funds for all state programs that are aimed at supporting families,
[00:02:46] increasing the birth rate and creating child infrastructure. For the
[00:02:49] next 3 years, 10 trillion rubles are allocated for this item. More than 2 million
[00:02:52] families will receive
[00:02:55] maternity capital, its amount next year will be for the first
[00:02:59] child. 87,500
[00:03:01] rubles, for the second child, if capital has not been received for the
[00:03:05] first 1,287,000
[00:03:08] rubles. The implementation of housing programs for families with children will continue, 1.6
[00:03:11] trillion rubles will be allocated for these purposes.
[00:03:15] The provision of preferential mortgage loans will change,
[00:03:18] the more children a family has, the lower the rate will be, and the
[00:03:22] larger the amount of the subsidized loan. At the same
[00:03:25] time, senators have questions about the content. When
[00:03:29] people receive money officially, and not in
[00:03:37] envelopes, additional taxes go to the treasury. Also, in her
[00:03:41] opinion, it is necessary to continue working on involving state
[00:03:44] property and lands that are currently idle.
[00:03:48] In addition, the speaker proposed to revise some
[00:03:51] tax preferences that raise questions. For example,
[00:03:54] the VAT exemption for producers of delicatessen
[00:03:57] products, the abolition of this exemption will lead to additional
[00:04:01] revenues to the federal budget of about
[00:04:04] 6 billion rubles, they tell us: well, 6 billion,
[00:04:08] not 6 billion, you know,
[00:04:12] a hen pecks grain by grain, with these funds you can build,
[00:04:15] for example, two new schools or a children's hospital, and
[00:04:19] lobster lovers, I think, will not
[00:04:22] suffer much from this, they simply won't notice. Summarizing
[00:04:26] the report, the senators noted that the Ministry of Finance manages to find the necessary points.
[00:05:12] take serious measures to increase our scientific
[00:05:16] potential first of all, and it is in this scientific potential and in general in
[00:05:20] the development of the microelectronics sector that more than
[00:05:23] half a trillion rubles have been invested, this is huge money, for example, machine tool building, this
[00:05:27] is another important goal for the development of our country, serious money has also been allocated for it, but I would not
[00:05:30] only talk about the economy, I would also talk about the development of regions, I
[00:05:34] remind you that, firstly, about 100
[00:05:38] billion for 2027 alone has been allocated... for
[00:05:41] supporting lagging regions, and what is more
[00:05:45] important, that a large part of our
[00:05:48] debt, the credit debt of regions, which was planned for payment from
[00:05:51] 2027 to 2029, is postponed to
[00:05:55] 2030 and later, therefore
[00:05:58] this will free up another 300 billion rubles for the regions. Accordingly,
[00:06:02] the main task, which is ensured by the Federation,
[00:06:06] is supporting regions, working in the interests of regions, it is also
[00:06:10] fulfilled within this budget. We have achieved that regions
[00:06:13] are always given key attention within parliamentary hearings, as
[00:06:17] Valentina Matvienko noted, without taking into account their opinion, a quality
[00:06:21] budget process is impossible. What
[00:06:24] initiatives did the heads of the subjects bring and what do they expect from the federal
[00:06:26] center, my colleague, Alexey Mak, found out. Parliamentary
[00:06:30] budget hearings are the day when the voice of each region is really
[00:06:34] heard in the Federation Council. Governors,
[00:06:38] speakers of legislative assemblies, heads of cities come here.
[00:06:41] Each has their own request: somewhere there is not enough
[00:06:45] money for a road, someone needs a subsidy for building
[00:06:48] a hospital, someone needs tax instruments to support
[00:06:51] entrepreneurs, direct dialogue with the federal center,
[00:06:55] without long approvals and bureaucracy - this is a rare
[00:06:58] opportunity to solve the problems of the territory here and now. The
[00:07:01] heads of regions know firsthand that such a format yields
[00:07:04] concrete results, many come every year and always
[00:07:08] bring specific proposals. Many of the issues we raise, we see
[00:07:12] that... after a certain time they are resolved in favor of the region. An example is
[00:07:16] budget alignment. We spoke 2 years ago.
[00:07:19] Thank you very much, Ministry of Finance of Russia, Valentina Ivanovna, we felt
[00:07:23] the support, we were given additional funds. A similar example in the Murmansk
[00:07:26] region. The issue with federal funding for military towns
[00:07:30] could not be resolved in different offices for a long time, but the platform
[00:07:33] of parliamentary hearings helped. A special program was also supported
[00:07:37] by the President after discussion here, a special program that allows
[00:07:41] us to change garrisons.
[00:07:51] The Omsk region proposed to develop a federal program for updating
[00:07:54] the ambulance fleet, the idea was supported by Valentina Matvienko. This
[00:07:58] is a pressing problem for all regions,
[00:08:02] and I would ask Anton Genovich to once again carefully consider
[00:08:06] the possibility of increasing funding, firstly, we support
[00:08:09] domestic manufacturers, secondly. high driver
[00:08:13] turnover, because when cars are broken and
[00:08:16] often need to be repaired, of course, no one wants to work there.
[00:08:20] Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev at the hearings proposed
[00:08:23] launching preferential mortgages for Sevastopol and Crimea. He
[00:08:27] noted that in recent years, construction has been actively developing
[00:08:30] on the peninsula, it has become the backbone of the economy, but this year the industry
[00:08:33] faced serious restrictions. Therefore, a big
[00:08:36] request is to create a so-called Crimean mortgage, similar to
[00:08:40] the one currently in effect on the mainland.
[00:08:46] The rate there is 2%, we ask for 6%. Of course, this will support the construction complex and prevent
[00:08:49] it from collapsing. A very big request is to consider starting from November 1st,
[00:08:53] 2026, because the last two months of the year will be
[00:08:57] critical for many enterprises in the construction industry. In budget
[00:09:00] planning, each region has its own specifics, what the Ministry of Finance considers
[00:09:04] secondary for a specific territory is a matter of survival, for example, in
[00:09:08] the Krasnodar Territory and other southern regions, they traditionally expect support
[00:09:11] for agriculture. A good harvest, more than
[00:09:15] 11 million tons of grain in terms
[00:09:18] of sales and marketing, there are big problems, we
[00:09:21] hope with the help of federal authorities to solve
[00:09:25] these issues. In the north, they have their own pain, how
[00:09:28] to reconcile increased social obligations with budget capabilities,
[00:09:32] for example, an increase in the minimum wage, yes, and if in
[00:09:35] the central part it is an increase in the minimum wage, as they say, a fixed
[00:09:38] amount, then we also have northern allowances and...
[00:09:42] our colleagues are asking that the federal center in this
[00:09:46] regard consider helping. And also in regions with a harsh
[00:09:49] climate, logistics are more expensive and infrastructure wears out faster. All
[00:09:53] this is laid down in every line of the regional budget. Recently,
[00:09:56] we have had very pressing issues of housing and communal
[00:09:59] services. This reform
[00:10:02] of housing and communal services is those financial
[00:10:05] resources that will be allocated for, among other things, the write-off
[00:10:09] of infrastructure, budget loans for infrastructure, and so on. We
[00:10:12] must receive information from the first in the Magadan region, budget
[00:10:16] decisions are related to the improvement of the region, since preparations are underway for
[00:10:20] the centenary of the Kolyma capital, just the three-year
[00:10:23] budget, it...
[00:10:25] crowns or determines
[00:10:27] the preparation for this event itself, but also
[00:10:31] the event itself, well, and here are the programs for
[00:10:35] development, increasing
[00:10:37] real incomes of the population. By the end of autumn, all subjects must
[00:10:41] adopt their own regional budgets, laying in them those subsidies that
[00:10:45] the federal center allocates to them. Now regions understand more precisely what
[00:10:49] federal support they can count on, while some
[00:10:52] requests, voiced from the tribune of parliamentary hearings. May still be
[00:10:55] taken into account. Work on the main financial document of the country will continue
[00:10:59] for the next month and a half. Alexey Mak, Natalya
[00:11:01] Kalysheva.
[00:11:06] Turkmenistan became the point of attraction for the entire post-Soviet space last week. International
[00:11:09] events were held in the National Tourist Zone of Avaza as part of
[00:11:13] the country's chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States, including
[00:11:16] high-level talks. But even before the heads
[00:11:20] of state sat down at the negotiating table, their work began on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Parliamentarians play a big
[00:11:23] работу на берегах Каспии.
[00:12:05] role in developing relations between countries, Valentina Matvienko said this at
[00:12:08] a meeting with her colleague, the chairman of the Mejlis
[00:12:12] of Turkmenistan Dunya Gazel Gulmanova. The speaker of the Federation Council
[00:12:15] proposed drawing up a roadmap for inter-parliamentary cooperation,
[00:12:19] concrete measures, exchanges, joint work of friendship
[00:12:22] groups, also. thanked the Turkmen colleagues for
[00:12:25] the invitation to hold an away session of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
[00:12:29] in the republic this autumn. This is already
[00:12:32] a good tradition, we
[00:12:35] try to preserve it, and this emphasizes the respect of the heads
[00:12:38] of state, as we say, for the parliamentary angle
[00:12:42] of the CIS, for the work that the CIS Interparliamentary
[00:12:45] Assembly carries out, and you have seen for yourself
[00:12:49] how much work we do to strengthen.
[00:12:53] culture and traditions of the national
[00:13:25] trade union center in the republic are the works of local craftswomen, jewelry, national clothes and
[00:13:29] of course carpets, bright with unique ornaments, true
[00:13:32] works of art. Our carpets
[00:13:35] are of two types: there are wool carpets, there are
[00:13:39] silk carpets, there are double-sided carpets,
[00:13:42] our historical carpets. But behind the bright exhibition, national colors and
[00:13:46] traditions, there is a serious agenda, the international forum on the role of women
[00:13:49] gathered in Avaza delegations from dozens of countries. Turkmenistan is not by chance.
[00:13:53] 5 years ago that the national
[00:13:56] action plan for gender equality was launched, since then the country has been actively
[00:14:00] working to ensure that women have real opportunities, launching
[00:14:04] educational programs, expanding access to modern medicine,
[00:14:07] supporting business initiatives, this year
[00:14:10] the authorities took a new course on increasing the role of women in politics
[00:14:13] and public life. It is along this path that Russia has been going for many years,
[00:14:17] Valentina Matvienko noted. Her speech was dedicated to the role
[00:14:21] of women in our country and in the world. There is a demand for
[00:14:25] humanization, I would say,
[00:14:29] humanization of international politics and
[00:14:31] economy, for creation,
[00:14:34] for the search for a new, more just and
[00:14:38] equitable model of development
[00:14:42] and security throughout the world, and we,
[00:14:45] women, I believe, are called to play a significant
[00:14:48] role in all these historical events,
[00:14:52] perhaps... women's movement, similar laws are being developed in the sphere of demography,
[00:15:25] education, healthcare, most likely this is due to the fact that we
[00:15:28] are all from the USSR, and
[00:15:32] that is where gender
[00:15:34] equality was born, and we
[00:15:38] understand that
[00:15:41] this allowed for the harmonious
[00:15:44] development of personality. Uzbekistan is also banking on women, they are actively entering
[00:15:48] politics and already occupy every third seat in the republic's Senate. In
[00:15:51] Belarus, 2026 has been declared the Year of Women, there the focus
[00:15:55] is on strengthening family values and promoting
[00:15:58] traditions. In Russia, until 2030, a national
[00:16:01] strategy of action in the interests of women has been approved. Also, at the President's
[00:16:04] instruction, a Council on Demography has been created, which she heads.
[00:16:15] we will still step by step manage to make it so
[00:16:19] that a family, a large family, becomes
[00:16:23] the norm, becomes such a fashionable phenomenon, so that
[00:16:26] society stops perceiving that many children mean
[00:16:30] many problems. The conversation on these and other important topics will continue in
[00:16:34] a year in St. Petersburg, where the fifth Eurasian Women's Forum will be held, which...
[00:16:37] is held with the support of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko reminded. It is important
[00:16:41] to emphasize that this is not just a major international
[00:16:44] event that takes place every 3
[00:16:48] years. Between forums, a Council
[00:16:51] of the Eurasian Women's Forum, created under our
[00:16:55] chamber, operates on a permanent basis. As of today,
[00:16:59] its portfolio includes 37 projects
[00:17:01] aimed at increasing women's participation in all
[00:17:05] spheres of life. The general goal of the forum
[00:17:07] is to make women's voices heard louder, Russia and CIS partners
[00:17:11] are united in their vision of the future, with strong families, accessible
[00:17:14] medicine and equal opportunities. Oksana Podturkina, Andrey
[00:17:17] Belyakov, Anastasia Chukhil, Senate program. In
[00:17:20] Turkmenistan, the global agenda was also touched upon. Speaking to
[00:17:24] journalists, Valentina Matvienko drew a clear line between
[00:17:27] real neutrality, which Ashgabat strictly observes, and
[00:17:31] ostentatious neutrality, like in Switzerland, where this
[00:17:34] status remained just a beautiful facade.
[00:18:09] Valentina Matvienko paid special attention to the situation in the
[00:18:12] European Union, where people took to the streets in mass protests. This, in the
[00:18:16] opinion of the speaker, is a natural reaction to the policies of their
[00:18:19] governments. The association, which was conceived as an economic
[00:18:23] union, is increasingly sliding towards a military bloc.
[00:18:26] Now publicly, well, Mr. Merz
[00:18:30] said that he doesn't care what the German
[00:18:33] people think, he believes that it is necessary to continue to support.
[00:19:10] The dangers of military-political blocs were discussed last week at
[00:19:14] the largest international parliamentary platform. In Tanzania,
[00:19:17] the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
[00:19:21] was held, the oldest and most authoritative association of world
[00:19:24] legislators. The Federation Council delegation was led by Vice-Speaker
[00:19:28] Konstantin Kosachev. Speaking at the plenary session, he stressed that
[00:19:32] the unification of states into closed blocs, such as NATO, and now
[00:19:35] the European Union, creates a dangerous global imbalance. Their
[00:19:38] activities are not regulated by international law, which allows them to impose
[00:19:41] their own rules on the world. In contrast to this, the senator
[00:19:45] recalled Vladimir Putin's initiative to form
[00:19:48] an indivisible security system in Eurasia, open to all countries
[00:19:52] of the region without exception. We will ask Konstantin Kosachev about
[00:19:55] how the global agenda is changing. He joins us from
[00:19:59] Tanzania. Konstantin Iosifovich, in your speech on the sidelines
[00:20:02] of the assembly, you proposed creating a new geopolitical group, BRICS Plus, within
[00:20:06] the IPU. Why is this necessary right now, and what support
[00:20:09] has this initiative already received from your
[00:20:12] colleagues? We are convinced that such
[00:20:15] an initiative is needed by us,
[00:20:18] the initiators, those who will work in this group,
[00:20:21] but no less by the Inter-Parliamentary Union itself, here
[00:20:24] there are now six, so-called geopolitical
[00:20:28] groups, five of them are depoliticized, they
[00:20:31] are created on a geographical principle, but only
[00:20:34] one group. Group 12 plus
[00:20:38] is organized on an ideological principle, it
[00:20:41] constantly imposes its political program and its
[00:20:44] interests on all other participants
[00:20:47] of the Inter-Parliamentary. their own Group 12+,
[00:22:20] rather than in the interests of the entire Union. For the past 3 years, we
[00:22:23] have had the pleasure of working with Tulia
[00:22:26] Ackson, who represents Tanzania, who
[00:22:30] represents the African group, but who has built
[00:22:33] her work brilliantly in the interests of the entire
[00:22:37] Inter-Parliamentary Union. Mr. Milton Dick
[00:22:41] simultaneously with his country, Australia, works
[00:22:45] in the Asia-Pacific Group, in the same
[00:22:48] geopolitical Group 12+,
[00:22:52] let's see how he organizes his work, but for now
[00:22:55] we are concerned that he will rather
[00:22:58] repeat the experience of his predecessor from Group
[00:23:01] 12+ instead of his predecessor from
[00:23:05] the African groups. Russia consistently advocates for fair rotation
[00:23:09] of geopolitical groups in the IPU leadership. How realistic is it to achieve
[00:23:12] a fair balance of interests? The principle of rotation,
[00:23:15] of course, is the most fair of all.
[00:23:18] rotation to the position
[00:23:50] of chairman, representatives of various geopolitical groups
[00:23:53] has become mandatory. Following the assembly,
[00:23:56] parliamentarians prepare a final declaration. We know that, as a rule,
[00:23:59] this document and its wording become the subject of serious
[00:24:03] discussions and even disputes. What proposals were adopted this
[00:24:06] time? Indeed, resolutions are adopted
[00:24:10] at assemblies, which are prepared carefully during the year.
[00:24:13] At the autumn one, like the current one - there is one resolution, at the spring one, there are
[00:24:17] two. The resolution
[00:24:20] of the 153rd Assembly was dedicated
[00:24:23] to issues of inclusive social policy for
[00:24:26] everyone, well, in other words, how
[00:24:29] to protect and support people with
[00:24:33] disabilities. This is a very important
[00:24:35] topic for any country, including ours, and we
[00:24:39] took the most active part in preparing amendments to this
[00:24:43] resolution, almost all our amendments were
[00:24:46] adopted, and
[00:24:49] our colleagues were very
[00:24:52] interested in understanding the
[00:24:55] Russian experience in more depth with this Russian
[00:24:58] experience and then returning to their parliaments
[00:25:02] to implement some new ideas, and we, of course,
[00:25:05] will return to our parliament with new additional
[00:25:09] ideas that we heard from colleagues and which
[00:25:12] are laid down in this resolution. All
[00:25:15] materials of our program can be found on the Senate channel in Max, now
[00:25:18] an advertisement, and then. about how playing chess helps in the rehabilitation
[00:25:22] of special operation participants.
[00:27:54] This is the Senate, this is what we will talk about next. The rights and obligations
[00:27:57] of those who decided to work for themselves. Senators are fine-tuning
[00:28:01] the self-employed institution. electric scooters,
[00:28:34] and this is only for 8 months, the Federation Council is working on
[00:28:37] making pedestrians and drivers safe, we are talking about a whole system
[00:28:40] of identification of means
[00:28:43] of individual mobility, that is, this is a whole
[00:28:47] federal standard related to their accounting. On October 1,
[00:28:50] the law on the platform economy came into force, for the first time
[00:28:54] regulating relations at the legislative level between digital platforms,
[00:28:58] marketplaces, taxi aggregators and other services, everyone who works
[00:29:01] with them. The main priority is consumer
[00:29:05] protection. Now, product cards will necessarily include
[00:29:08] certificates and permits. The platform operator
[00:29:11] himself is responsible for inaccurate information. He is obliged
[00:29:15] to compensate the buyer for losses. The law also prohibits
[00:29:18] manipulating search results. Marketplaces will not be able to
[00:29:21] promote products against your settings. No
[00:29:25] less attention is paid to protecting businesses. The agreement between the platform and
[00:29:28] the seller will become more transparent. It must specify commissions and
[00:29:31] penalties. Ranking principles. Account blocking
[00:29:35] is only possible after a reasoned notification 3
[00:29:38] days in advance. Participation of goods in promotions and discounts is allowed only
[00:29:42] with the seller's consent. Millions of
[00:29:44] platform workers, couriers, taxi drivers,
[00:29:48] freelancers, are also subject to the new rules. Often these are
[00:29:50] the most vulnerable market participants. Often platforms,
[00:29:54] instead of formal employment, force a person to register
[00:29:57] as self-employed, which violates their rights. Now
[00:30:00] a self-employed person can work for one client for no more than 60
[00:30:04] hours a month. If the limit is systematically violated,
[00:30:08] the tax authorities have the right to reclassify the relationship
[00:30:11] as labor relations. Instead of public offers, platforms
[00:30:14] are obliged to conclude full-fledged electronic contracts, and it is no longer
[00:30:18] possible to change commissions or introduce penalties retroactively.
[00:30:21] However, there are still many loopholes in the law, they were discussed
[00:30:25] at a round table in the Federation Council. How to protect the rights
[00:30:28] of the self-employed and at the same time not increase the tax burden.
[00:30:32] Let's talk to the moderator of the discussion, Senator Ivan
[00:30:35] Evsefeev. Ivan Alexandrovich, at the round table in the Federation Council, measures
[00:30:38] were discussed to prevent the substitution of labor relations with
[00:30:42] self-employment, which do not require global changes in the labor
[00:30:46] and tax codes. Which proposals do you consider the most
[00:30:49] effective and ready for implementation right now?
[00:30:53] A number of proposals discussed today at the round table
[00:30:56] really deserve a lot of attention. The topic
[00:31:00] that has already formed, for example, their pension,
[00:31:04] was discussed very acutely. They cannot and
[00:31:08] most importantly, do not want to make any additional contributions to the pension
[00:31:12] fund, because their pension has already been formed. A very important
[00:31:15] point is, of course, the very clear classifier, the very concept
[00:31:18] of self-employed, because there is a lot of substitution
[00:31:22] of labor relations due to the lack of a clear criterion, here it is necessary
[00:31:25] to understand, if a self-employed person is in
[00:31:28] constant relations with the same enterprise, if we
[00:31:32] see that during the same period, exactly with the same
[00:31:36] enterprise or with some
[00:31:38] organization, the same service is provided, it is clear that here
[00:31:42] there is a substitution of the concept of permanent labor relations
[00:31:45] and self-employment, of course, the system
[00:31:48] needs to be fine-tuned, because many contradictions have appeared,
[00:31:52] but these contradictions appeared precisely during this
[00:31:55] experiment, this law is precisely an experiment to
[00:31:58] understand and identify these facts
[00:32:02] that we encounter. From October 1, the law on
[00:32:06] platform employment came into force, which, among other things, introduces restrictions on
[00:32:09] hiring self-employed people. How does the Federation Council assess these measures? In this
[00:32:13] matter, a lot depends on the client himself, as well as
[00:32:17] on the performer himself, if
[00:32:20] certain risks he is willing to take.
[00:32:23] a self-employed person who provides some service for more than
[00:32:27] 60 hours, and this already becomes a permanent
[00:32:30] labor relationship, this risk remains with the self-employed person,
[00:32:34] of course, and this situation
[00:32:37] cannot but scare the employer himself,
[00:32:41] who, knowing all these laws, still.
[00:33:15] what needs to be paid attention to, so that later on, regulatory legal
[00:33:18] acts can fine-tune this
[00:33:21] situation. At the meeting, you mentioned that the president instructed to develop
[00:33:24] a concept of seamless transition from self-employment to the status of
[00:33:28] individual entrepreneur. What specific legislative initiatives has the
[00:33:31] Federation Council already formed? The first goal of the institution of
[00:33:34] self-employed was to bring people out of the shadows, and the ultimate goal is
[00:33:38] for a self-employed person to become, in the future, not only an individual
[00:33:42] entrepreneur, but also to become
[00:33:45] the head of a large organization, so that
[00:33:48] a person would first pay as a self-employed person, for example, 4%, yes,
[00:33:52] then they would switch to a simplified taxation system, which is, for example,
[00:33:56] 6%, and in the future switch to VAT -
[00:33:59] 20-22%, well, and most importantly, so that they have
[00:34:03] as many people as possible on staff, so that they pay more other social
[00:34:07] taxes. The self-employment experiment ends in 2
[00:34:10] years, by then it is necessary to decide whether to maintain the tax regime in
[00:34:14] its current form? or to modernize it, do you already have such
[00:34:18] an understanding?
[00:34:20] My vision is that, of course, there
[00:34:24] should not be a large gap between a self-employed person and
[00:34:27] an individual entrepreneur, therefore, the
[00:34:30] representatives of the association
[00:34:33] of self-employed people say that if this experiment remains,
[00:34:36] the tax base for us, the tax rate, will be increased, yes, we are
[00:34:40] basically ready
[00:34:43] for this, but...
[00:35:19] and specific rules for all market participants, both for the self-employed themselves, and for businesses, and for
[00:35:21] the state.
[00:35:24] The Federation Council has come up with an unconventional way to rehabilitate
[00:35:27] veterans of special operations, instead of the usual programs,
[00:35:31] a chess game. The project "Chess for Our Own" was launched
[00:35:34] last year by senator and grandmaster Sergey Karyakin. According to his idea, a network
[00:35:38] of clubs for servicemen and their families should appear throughout
[00:35:42] the country. There, soldiers will be able to gather with like-minded people,
[00:35:46] distract themselves from heavy thoughts, find new friends, and rediscover
[00:35:49] the joy of normal life. As Sergey Karyakin said at the plenary
[00:35:53] session of the Federation Council, the project is currently operating in pilot mode in the Moscow
[00:35:57] region, where 16 chess clubs have been opened, including
[00:36:01] in hospitals and rehabilitation centers. And last summer, the senator
[00:36:04] organized an all-Russian tournament, in which 114
[00:36:08] amateur players took part. The tournament "Chess for Our Own" is not just a sporting
[00:36:11] event, but the culmination of complex work to return veterans to... Sergey Korekin
[00:36:28] added that next year chess clubs are planned to open in thirty regions
[00:36:32] of the country. My colleague Alexey Dashenko learned how the game helps veterans
[00:36:36] make the first move on the path to returning to peaceful
[00:36:39] life. You play white, you're
[00:36:42] first.
[00:36:48] Gabib Yaroliev sat down at a chess board for the first time during rehabilitation
[00:36:52] after a severe injury. Now he tries to play every day. It's very interesting
[00:36:55] to say now than to lie on... Gabib
[00:37:02] is one of those heroes of the special operation who walked several kilometers along a gas
[00:37:06] pipeline behind enemy lines in the Kursk region. The enemy then retreated, but in
[00:37:10] an unequal battle many of our
[00:37:13] captured the street and held the defense. And that's where
[00:37:17] I got my injury right at home,
[00:37:21] a grenade, my leg flew off, one
[00:37:25] eye was damaged, fingers. And I lay there for 7
[00:37:28] days, while I was lying there, I got frostbite on my fingers,
[00:37:30] leg, well, the guys came to pull me out, they also pulled
[00:37:34] me out through the pipe, after treatment Gabib stayed to work in
[00:37:37] the rehabilitation center in Sergiev Posad near Moscow, helping
[00:37:40] his comrades-in-arms recover
[00:37:44] tournament, over the past year they have become regular, guys,
[00:37:47] we declare our tournament
[00:37:49] open.
[00:37:53] 30 veterans of military operations are fighting for the title of best chess player.
[00:39:08] I quite often hold simultaneous exhibitions
[00:39:10] with injured guys,
[00:39:14] in principle, I see that they also get positive emotions, that
[00:39:17] it benefits them, so I am happy, I believe that this is the right thing to do.
[00:39:21] Sergey Karyakin calls the first all-Russian chess tournament for participants
[00:39:25] of the SMO one of the main achievements of the project.
[00:39:39] The organizers gathered veterans of military operations from all regions of the country in a small Ural
[00:39:43] city, now work has begun on organizing the second such
[00:39:47] competition, at the same time, chess clubs of Sergey Karyakin continue to open
[00:39:50] throughout Russia, together with veteran organizations, the senator
[00:39:54] provides them with everything necessary for the game.
[00:40:27] This is how my match with Magnus Carlsen went, 10 years ago, it was
[00:40:31] a match for the world championship title in New York in sixteen, I am pleased with their
[00:40:34] interest, involvement in chess themes. The tournament
[00:40:38] in the Moscow region rehabilitation center organizers planned to hold in 2
[00:40:42] days, but participants of the special operation had to
[00:40:45] settle scores at the chess boards much longer, many veterans often
[00:40:48] had to interrupt games, sports are sports, but medical procedures
[00:40:52] are strictly on schedule. Alexey Dashenko, Mikhail Cheprasov, Senate
[00:40:55] program.
[00:40:59] To preserve the living history of the special military operation through eyewitness accounts,
[00:41:02] is the main task of the new book, which was presented in
[00:41:06] the Russia Today information center. At the presentation, Senator
[00:41:09] Ekaterina Altabaeva called this work a direct continuation of the traditions of Academician
[00:41:13] Mintz's commission, which during the Great Patriotic War recorded
[00:41:16] the memories of war participants. The author of the publication, director of the SVO
[00:41:20] History Center, Maxim Grigoriev, collected stories not only from soldiers, but also from peaceful
[00:41:24] residents of the reunited regions, as well as servicemen who returned.
[00:41:40] they talked about this, they mainly talk about what
[00:41:43] changed when their subjects returned to the Russian
[00:41:46] Federation, this is also very important, but for us, in
[00:41:50] order to restore objective history, which will serve for
[00:41:53] many, many decades, it is important
[00:41:56] to understand how destructive
[00:41:59] that ideology was that dominated these territories.
[00:42:03] Ekaterina Altabaeva assured that the relevant committee of the Federation Council will continue
[00:42:06] to provide comprehensive support in collecting and systematizing
[00:42:10] these unique memories. And now, briefly about other
[00:42:13] events. Images of large families will begin to be used in
[00:42:17] social advertising. The corresponding bill has already been submitted for consideration
[00:42:20] by parliamentarians. Its goal is to popularize large families,
[00:42:23] to form a positive attitude among young people towards
[00:42:26] having many children. The initiative was developed on behalf of the president.
[00:42:29] The head of state gave it based on the results of a meeting of the Council on Demography under
[00:42:33] the leadership of Valentina Matvienko. And this is not
[00:42:36] the only decision of the council that is already working in practice. Among
[00:42:40] other implemented measures: a reduced mortgage rate for large families,
[00:42:43] the opening of family rooms in student dormitories,
[00:42:46] the introduction of a corporate demographic standard.
[00:42:50] Senator from Ulyanovsk region Airat Gibadinov met with pupils of
[00:42:53] an orphanage and held a lesson on important topics. Its theme
[00:42:57] was the recruitment of minors into terrorism. The parliamentarian reminded
[00:43:00] the children about the all-Russian project "Exit at
[00:43:03] 31," launched on September 1st. It teaches teenagers
[00:43:06] to recognize manipulation and to know where to turn for help.
[00:43:10] Gibadinov emphasized that such conversations are especially needed for children who
[00:43:13] do not have the opportunity to consult with
[00:43:16] their parents. All controversial legal issues in the field of artificial
[00:43:19] intelligence will be resolved in the near future. This was stated by Senator Artyom
[00:43:23] Sheikin at the Digital Solutions forum. According to him, the framework in this area
[00:43:27] has already been created, the basic law on the use of such technologies has already
[00:43:30] been adopted, most of its provisions will come into force in March. Now
[00:43:34] the government's task is to promptly adopt by-laws
[00:43:37] that will distribute responsibility for errors. 50
[00:43:49] dead, that's the traffic accident statistics involving electric scooters. Means
[00:43:52] of individual mobility are turning into
[00:43:56] a serious threat on the roads, the Federation Council knows how to
[00:44:00] regulate this area. Senator Evgeny Dietrich held
[00:44:03] a meeting at which he proposed introducing a single digital passport for each
[00:44:07] scooter. In the opinion of the parliamentarian.
[00:44:49] How will this work and what will it give in practice? Well, yes, perhaps it can be called a digital passport in everyday life, that's probably how it sounds, but in essence, we are talking about
[00:44:53] a whole system of identification,
[00:44:55] today we understand that, unlike
[00:44:59] a car, means of individual mobility are
[00:45:02] impersonal, especially when it comes to
[00:45:05] private means of individual mobility, people
[00:45:08] feel that, well, actually. there are no special
[00:45:11] obstacles, they use them
[00:45:14] with various violations of the rules, and often do not even
[00:45:17] understand what rules exist in this case, of course,
[00:45:21] it is necessary that there be a sufficiently simple and clear
[00:45:24] system, in which a person has the opportunity to declare that
[00:45:28] he has, say, an electric scooter,
[00:45:32] to easily get a registration number for it and then
[00:45:36] use it with this very registration
[00:45:38] number, and so that, if any
[00:45:42] violations occurred or any traffic accident occurred, so that
[00:45:46] the system could look at it,
[00:45:49] see it, this is both correct statistics and correct
[00:45:53] regulation, everyone must understand that such responsibility
[00:45:56] exists, it is inevitable and general rules must be observed.
[00:45:59] A few years ago, traffic rules were prescribed for electric scooters,
[00:46:02] but they seem not to work, in my area I even
[00:46:05] regularly see two people riding scooters and children often on sidewalks just at
[00:46:09] enormous speed.
[00:46:40] so that the same system would operate in relation to
[00:46:44] private owners of scooters and their
[00:46:47] management of these devices on
[00:46:50] the street, for everyone, well, I beg your pardon.
[00:47:22] we will create a certain admission system, when a person in
[00:47:26] a fairly simple format, possibly through
[00:47:29] the MFC or through public services, receives some
[00:47:33] identifier, after reading the rules of conduct
[00:47:36] on the road, the rules for operating personal
[00:47:39] mobility devices, if we do not create infrastructure that allows
[00:47:43] safe operation of personal mobility devices, we
[00:47:47] will follow the same path, when
[00:47:50] the accident rate and mortality increase. Well, and we should not forget
[00:47:53] that there are those who drive
[00:47:55] heavy, heavy, say,
[00:47:59] electric bicycles, these are delivery services, and here, well, it
[00:48:03] seems to me, we need to first establish order, maybe it's easier to introduce
[00:48:06] driving licenses for operating a scooter, if licenses
[00:48:10] for private owners can
[00:48:13] be discussed, their necessity and formats, then
[00:48:15] from the point of view of delivery
[00:48:18] services, I am convinced and well...
[00:48:52] decrease. By the way, Japan approaches these formats in a similar way, there
[00:48:56] are also special
[00:49:00] separate regulations
[00:49:02] for heavy devices. In the Federation Council, for several years now, they have been talking about
[00:49:06] the need to adopt a federal law on electric scooters, will such
[00:49:09] a document be prepared in the end? Of course it will,
[00:49:13] well, of course it will, you ask the legislators whether it will or not,
[00:49:16] legislative regulators answer yes, moreover, I
[00:49:20] can tell you that we... at the meeting, and
[00:49:23] before and after, we have now built a system of consultations,
[00:49:26] we meet periodically and talk, a
[00:49:29] number of amendments to regulatory
[00:49:32] documents of the Ministry of Transport are already ready,
[00:49:36] we have worked out changes with the Ministry
[00:49:40] of Internal Affairs in traffic
[00:49:43] rules. You know that fellow senators
[00:49:46] have made a bill that
[00:49:49] introduces amendments to the Code of Administrative
[00:49:53] Offenses, in it some provisions related to
[00:49:56] a number of violations when using personal
[00:49:59] mobility devices, they are also being developed. We would very
[00:50:03] much like to approach our public discussion
[00:50:06] in such a way as to make these documents
[00:50:10] reasonable and balanced. That's all, that was the week in the Federation
[00:50:14] Council. See you on
[00:50:15] air.