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00:00:10The Parliamentary Hour program is on air. Hello. Today
00:00:14is the final day of voting in the elections for deputies of the State Duma
00:00:17of the ninth convocation. They are being held in all regions of the country from September 18 to
00:00:2120. For the first time, residents of Donbass and Novorossiya are participating in them. In the DPR, taking into
00:00:24account early voting, by noon of the first day, the turnout
00:00:28exceeded 70%.
00:00:32Russian President Vladimir Putin called the election campaign significant and
00:00:36largely decisive. In his address on the eve of the elections, the head
00:00:39of state noted that it is taking place in the conditions of a special military
00:00:42operation. The most active participation in the elections will be taken by servicemen, who
00:00:46are currently carrying out difficult combat work. Victory, according to
00:00:50Vladimir Putin, is being brought closer by everyone who honestly works for the homeland, understands
00:00:53their responsibility for its future. Your choice and
00:00:57will will once again show that behind our
00:01:01soldiers are millions of people, that we
00:01:03are a united people, united by common
00:01:06values, historical memory, love for
00:01:09the homeland, that no one will succeed in splitting
00:01:12or intimidating us, undermining our statehood and
00:01:16socio-political system. The voice of every
00:01:20voter matters, I am convinced that
00:01:23relying on your support and trust, the most worthy,
00:01:27competent candidates will win,
00:01:30true patriots of Russia, those who will not
00:01:34let us down, who have proven their loyalty to their
00:01:37homeland with deeds, their readiness to serve our people, to protect
00:01:40the country from any threats. This will be
00:01:43our common answer to those who want to weaken Russia,
00:01:47hinder its development, deprive us of sovereignty and the right
00:01:50to independently determine our destiny.
00:01:54Participation in elections is our
00:01:57common contribution to the victory of Russia.
00:02:01This year, the CEC prepared about 112 million ballots for
00:02:04the federal electoral district, which include 10 political
00:02:08parties that have passed the registration procedure. Over 4
00:02:11million applications have been submitted to participate in remote electronic
00:02:14voting, polling stations are also open in 152
00:02:18countries around the world. On the first day of voting, the chairman of the State
00:02:21Duma came to the polling station. Vyacheslav Volodin
00:02:24stressed that much depends on the choice of each person, first
00:02:28of all, the future of the country. The faction leaders and
00:02:32other deputies of the current eighth convocation also voted.
00:02:47And on the very first day of voting, the head of European diplomacy sent a circular to
00:02:50all EU countries about non-recognition of the results of the elections to
00:02:54the State Duma. Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this in his channel on Max.
00:02:57Such a step can be unequivocally regarded
00:03:00as interference in the affairs of a sovereign state and a desire to
00:03:03destabilize the situation in our country, stressed the chairman of
00:03:06the State Duma. They will only be satisfied if puppets
00:03:10they will control win the elections. Everyone needs to
00:03:13realize that as soon as this happens, there will be no country. They
00:03:17want to stop our development and collapse Russia, so it should be
00:03:21obvious to everyone that the more they criticize us, the more
00:03:24they tarnish our political and electoral system, the more
00:03:28they disagree with the election results. This means we are on the right track.
00:03:32Our task is to ensure the constitutional right of Russian citizens
00:03:35to participate in elections. Only the people of our country will decide
00:03:39their fate. Vyacheslav Volodin also noted that
00:03:421,126 international observers and electoral experts from
00:03:46133 countries and 13 observation of the elections to the State Duma.
00:03:49133 стран и 13
00:03:51organizations are participating in the
00:03:562980. That's how many laws in 5 years
00:04:00the State Duma of the eighth convocation adopted. Among the main
00:04:03priorities are the protection of historical memory, support for families with children
00:04:07and other social guarantees. More details about
00:04:10the decisions in the review by my colleague Alexander Laktionov.
00:04:23By decision of the deputies of the eighth convocation, the maternity capital program was
00:04:27extended until 2030. It has changed. Now
00:04:31it annually grows according to the actual inflation rate, and not according to its
00:04:35forecast, as it was before. Families with children under
00:04:3817 years old, as well as women who registered before 12 weeks of
00:04:41pregnancy, began to receive a single allowance. To accrue payments,
00:04:45it is necessary to simultaneously meet a number of criteria for income level and
00:04:49property ownership. In 2026, State Duma deputies
00:04:52adopted amendments that allowed large families
00:04:55to retain the right to a single allowance with a slight increase.
00:05:05In 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,
00:05:09parents retained the right to a monthly childcare allowance if they
00:05:12return from parental leave before the child reaches
00:05:16the age of one and a half years. Another
00:05:19important rule aimed at supporting large families. For such parents,
00:05:22restrictions on including periods of childcare up to one and a half years in their insurance
00:05:26record have been lifted. In addition, if a third or subsequent
00:05:29child was born in the family after January 1, 2019, the state allocates
00:05:33450,000 rubles to repay mortgage
00:05:36debt. In the eighth convocation, the corresponding program was
00:05:40extended until the end of
00:05:432030. Working parents
00:05:45who are raising two or more children can count on a so-called
00:05:49tax cashback. Such families can return
00:05:537 out of 13% of the paid
00:05:55income tax to their budget, that is,
00:05:59in fact, personal income tax for this category of citizens is
00:06:026%. A number of payments upon the birth of a baby
00:06:06are completely exempt from income tax. We are talking about support that
00:06:09employers can provide to their employees after the birth,
00:06:13adoption of a child or guardianship over them.
00:06:17The amount from which personal income tax is not withheld has been increased from
00:06:2050,000 rubles to 1
00:06:21million.
00:06:24The maternity benefit has been increased for full-time female students
00:06:27in universities, professional educational and scientific
00:06:30organizations. The payment has increased to the level of the subsistence minimum
00:06:34for the working population in the region.
00:06:37Women awarded the title of Mother Heroine began to receive assistance
00:06:41from the state on par with heroes of Russia and heroes of labor. In addition to
00:06:44a monthly payment, they have the right to out-of-turn free
00:06:48medical care, free provision of medicines by
00:06:51prescription, exemption from payment for utility services, benefits when
00:06:55using vehicles for travel, as well as free
00:06:59vocational training and additional professional education.
00:07:13A large block of decisions of the State Duma of the eighth convocation concerned issues of child
00:07:17protection. Deputies banned the sale of vapes,
00:07:20energy drinks, and gas-containing products to minors. Violators face large
00:07:24fines, and for repeated sales of tobacco and nicotine-containing
00:07:28products to children, criminal liability has been established.
00:07:32A number of decisions have been adopted aimed at protecting our values,
00:07:35prohibiting the promotion of non-traditional relationships, pedophilia, gender
00:07:38change, as well as conscious refusal of childbirth on the internet, in
00:07:42media, cinema and advertising, and citizens of foreign countries where
00:07:45gender change is allowed can no longer adopt children from
00:07:48Russia. Child safety is another
00:07:52key topic, for involving teenagers in committing crimes and
00:07:55anti-social acts, responsibility has been tightened, for this
00:07:59they face up to 10 years of deprivation of liberty. Close attention during
00:08:02the eighth convocation was paid by deputies to issues of children's recreation, including
00:08:06the condition of children's health camps. The State Duma
00:08:09banned changing the intended purpose.
00:08:13of those provided for such facilities, if there is no positive conclusion from a specially created commission.
00:08:17A new all-Russian movement of children and youth,
00:08:20the Movement of the First, has appeared. In elementary grades of school, labor and
00:08:24technology classes became mandatory, in middle and high school, classes on the basics of safety
00:08:28and defense of the homeland appeared.
00:08:30Children received the opportunity of priority enrollment in a school or kindergarten where
00:08:34their brothers or sisters study, regardless of whether
00:08:38they live together or not. The norm of the law. applies to both biological
00:08:42brothers and sisters, and to children under guardianship in the same
00:08:45family.
00:08:47As Vyacheslav Volodin noted, every third
00:08:56law adopted by the State Duma in the eighth convocation is socially oriented. One of
00:09:00the important decisions in this area is the indexation of pensions for working
00:09:04pensioners. The mechanism came into force in 2025, and the system
00:09:07itself for obtaining benefits and social payments in the country became more convenient. A number of
00:09:11benefits are assigned automatically, without an application.
00:09:15The deputies of the eighth convocation protected social benefits from being written off for
00:09:17debts. The list of incomes that cannot be subject to
00:09:21collection by court bailiffs includes one-time
00:09:24social payments, benefits for pregnant women, and payments within the framework of
00:09:28a social contract. And now about a decision that will help in
00:09:32difficult life situations. The right to receive credit holidays is now
00:09:35permanent, for example, in case of illness,
00:09:39job loss, or a decrease in average monthly income by more
00:09:43than 30%, you can not make payments on a consumer
00:09:46loan for six months.
00:09:49In recent years, the number and size of tax
00:09:53deductions in the country have increased. For a child's education, you can now
00:09:56get back up to 14,300 rubles per year, and for treatment,
00:10:00sports and recreation services, and personal education, up to
00:10:0319,500 rubles. The tax deduction for the second
00:10:06and subsequent children has doubled. A new type of
00:10:10deduction for passing GTO standards has also appeared. You can get back
00:10:1418,000 rubles per year.
00:10:17Deputies additionally protected the labor
00:10:19rights of citizens. Now employers are obliged to pay for unused
00:10:23days off when an employee is dismissed, and
00:10:26an additional day off can be taken within a year from the date of starting
00:10:30work on a weekend or holiday. These compensatory days off can also be
00:10:34attached to a vacation.
00:10:44Since 2021, the State Duma has adopted 19 laws aimed
00:10:48at protecting historical memory. The concept of genocide
00:10:51of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War is now enshrined
00:10:55in law, and forms of perpetuating the memory of its victims, including burials and
00:10:58reburials, search work, erection of memorial
00:11:02signs, creation of works of art, museums, are defined.
00:11:06For desecration of military graves,
00:11:09monuments and other memorial structures in Russia and beyond its
00:11:13borders, responsibility has been established up to 5 years of
00:11:16imprisonment. In addition, ensuring the protection of historical
00:11:19truth is included in the system of main areas of crime
00:11:22prevention. In the same list,
00:11:25not allowing the belittling of the feat of the people in defending the fatherland and
00:11:28preventing evasion of military service.
00:11:32Residents of besieged Stalingrad were equated with veterans of the Great
00:11:35Patriotic War. The corresponding law was developed on the instructions of
00:11:39the head of state and adopted during the eighth convocation of the State Duma. Since
00:11:432023, this category of citizens receives
00:11:46additional benefits and social protection
00:11:48measures.
00:11:50The St. George ribbon became one of the symbols of military glory of Russia.
00:11:59Another decision by the deputies of the eighth convocation concerns
00:12:02artistic symbols of victory. At festive events, it is permitted to
00:12:06publicly use and broadcast works about the Great Patriotic
00:12:09War, published before December 26,
00:12:121991, without the author's
00:12:15consent. Over the past 5 years, several new memorable
00:12:19dates have appeared in the Russian calendar: April 9 - the day
00:12:23of the heroic assault on Königsberg.
00:12:25April 19 - the day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great
00:12:29Patriotic War. The day of the victorious completion of the Crimean offensive operation
00:12:32by Soviet troops is now celebrated annually on
00:12:36May 12. August 9, dedicated to the end of the Leningrad
00:12:39Battle, as well as September 3, as the day of victory over
00:12:43militarist Japan, the end of the Second World
00:12:46War, are officially established as days of military glory. And September
00:12:4830 is now marked on the calendar as the date of
00:12:52reunification with Russia, the DPR, Zaporozhye and
00:12:56Kherson regions.
00:12:58We will return to the review of laws adopted by the State Duma of the eighth convocation
00:13:02in the second part of the program. And now let's focus on one important
00:13:05topic: improving migration policy. Since
00:13:092024, to bring order to this area, deputies
00:13:12have adopted 32 federal laws, 21 of which
00:13:16were initiated by deputies. About the changes and the first results in
00:13:19a special report by Alexander
00:13:21Shavirin.
00:13:292024: in Naberezhnye Chelny, a crowd of migrants
00:13:32started a mass brawl with local residents in the courtyard of an apartment
00:13:36building. In the Moscow region, foreigners beat a woman for standing up
00:13:39for her daughter on a playground. In Yekaterinburg,
00:13:42a migrant attacked journalists who were preparing a story about illegals. What
00:13:46are you filming? Federal
00:13:48television.
00:13:52The Investigative Committee reports that in 8 months of
00:13:562024, crime among illegal migrants has tripled.
00:13:59The Ministry of Internal Affairs states that 630 thousand
00:14:02foreigners are illegally in Russia. The State Duma
00:14:05is taking on the problem. At the suggestion of Vyacheslav Volodin,
00:14:08deputies are forming an inter-factional parliamentary commission on
00:14:11migration policy. The conversation with illegals should be
00:14:15short, a position shared by all political
00:14:18forces. We need to expel those who have violated
00:14:22our laws. We should not
00:14:26let in those who do not know the language, do not respect our
00:14:29traditions, do not respect the culture. That's
00:14:32how we need to
00:14:35bring order and make decisions, then everything will be
00:14:39fine, people are waiting for results.
00:14:42On the instructions of Vyacheslav Volodin, the inter-factional commission was headed by
00:14:46State Duma Vice-Speaker Irina Yarovaya. The commission included
00:14:49committee chairmen, deputies, representatives of the government and federal
00:14:53authorities. According to Irina Yarovaya, the primary task,
00:14:56designated by the Speaker of the State Duma, was to develop
00:15:00systemic measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Russian
00:15:03citizens, to counter illegal migration. First
00:15:06of all, the tasks of increasing responsibility for organizing illegal
00:15:09migration and eliminating intermediaries were seriously
00:15:13resolved. We developed the procedures that allowed
00:15:16us to literally clear
00:15:20the market of these.
00:15:23property, respectively, he is prohibited
00:16:07from buying cars and registering, for example,
00:16:10obtaining Russian driving licenses or other documents until he
00:16:14resolves that problem or that conflict that arose for him, on the
00:16:17basis of which he received this regime, in order to
00:16:21generally act and live on the territory of the Russian Federation. Having
00:16:24twice violated the established restrictions, he will have to leave the country
00:16:28forcibly. The State Duma granted МВД officials
00:16:32the authority to independently make decisions on administrative
00:16:35expulsion. The need to wait for a court
00:16:38decision has disappeared, the efficiency of the work of internal
00:16:41affairs bodies has increased. Hooliganism, disobedience to the lawful
00:16:44demand of a police officer or the organization of an unauthorized
00:16:48mass event for foreigners is now fraught not only with fines, but also
00:16:51with expulsion from Russia. The list of grounds
00:16:55for applying the measure during the eighth convocation of the State Duma was expanded by deputies
00:16:58by more than double. It is important to us that law-abiding
00:17:02people come to the country, and work.
00:17:06As a result, in 2025,
00:18:08the Ministry of Internal Affairs annulled more than 2.0 temporary residence permits and
00:18:12residence permits obtained by foreigners as a result of registering a fictitious
00:18:16marriage. There is a direct request from voters for this. Voters say that
00:18:20they often do not understand how certain people end up on the territory
00:18:23of the Russian Federation and in fact, dishonest citizens
00:18:27in the Russian Federation who give such an opportunity, this law will
00:18:30also put everything in its place. Residence permits,
00:18:33temporary residence permits for... for foreigners. The Prosecutor General's Office
00:20:07announced the restriction of access to 20 thousand such
00:20:11pages. Foreign citizens take a comprehensive exam in
00:20:14these booths. The individual test includes 22 questions on the basics
00:20:17of legislation, Russian history and the Russian language. Everything is recorded by
00:20:21cameras, using phones is prohibited. Observers are also
00:20:25present in the hall. Not only adults should
00:20:28know the Russian language. In the eighth convocation, the State Duma introduced mandatory testing for
00:20:31migrant children when entering Russian schools. The situation is like.
00:20:35it is already necessary to confirm.
00:20:50The tasks vary depending on the class. Rosobrnadzor monitors
00:20:53the progress of testing. And it can be said that
00:20:56monthly the percentage of both successful and unsuccessful children
00:21:00is divided roughly equally. To obtain permits in
00:21:04Russia, foreigners also need to undergo a medical
00:21:08examination. The State Duma shortened the period during which migrants
00:21:11must do this from 90 to 30 days. With the adopted
00:21:14laws, deputies established criminal liability for forging
00:21:17medical certificates, and evasion of
00:21:20the procedure by a migrant will entail their expulsion from the
00:21:23country. Interdepartmental data exchange has also been improved.
00:21:27We are very grateful to our legislators, because now with the adoption
00:21:31of the new law, information exchange will be carried out
00:21:34completely in paperless form. The information systems
00:21:38of healthcare, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Rospotrebnadzor will
00:21:42seamlessly exchange data in case
00:21:45of detection of infectious diseases or drug use.
00:21:48In addition, the digital format will create an absolutely transparent
00:21:51environment. Medical examination of migrants, as reported
00:21:54by the Ministry of Health of Russia, can be carried out by about 1,300 organizations,
00:21:583/4 of which are state-owned. Private companies, in
00:22:02accordance with new requirements, are allowed to carry out these procedures
00:22:05only by decision of the region.
00:22:08About legislative changes in
00:22:13the migration sphere. We will continue to talk about this in the second part
00:22:16of the program. Stay tuned. Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad
00:22:31region are electing deputies of the State Duma and the composition of the legislative assembly
00:22:35of their regions. Our correspondent Ksenia Yakubina is live.
00:22:38Ksyusha, hello. What are the turnout figures for this
00:22:42hour? Dmitry, hello, at the moment the turnout for
00:22:45the elections to the State Duma and the legislative assembly
00:22:48is 42%, which is
00:22:521.79.