An expanded Government meeting chaired by President Vladimir Putin will be held in the Kremlin on January 31. During the meeting, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will present the Policy Priorities of the Government of the Russian Federation to 2018.
The Policy Priorities have been developed in accordance with the Federal Constitutional Law, On the Government of the Russian Federation. They define the goals and priorities of the Government’s mid-term social and economic development policy.
The document is aimed at ensuring the implementation of the President's Executive Order of May 7, 2012, On Long-Term State Economic Policy, as well as the objectives outlined in the 2012 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.
The main instruments for implementing the Policy Priorities of the Government of the Russian Federation to 2018 will be the state programmes of the Russian Federation.
The meeting will be also attended by the heads of Russian regions/members of the State Council Presidium.