“When I was preparing for today’s event I recalled what we were discussing a year ago at the previous Party Congress, which was also held in November. At the time the crisis was gathering momentum. United Russia declared that it was assuming political responsibility for combating the crisis. We promised to do everything to prevent a recurrence, in our country, of the collapse of 1991 and 1998. Yes, there are still many problems. But today we can confidently say we have kept our promise.”