"The President's message to the Federal Assembly, which we have heard, is a strategic plan for the development of the state for the coming years," Medvedev wrote on his VKontakte page.
He noted that "United Russia, as a party that supports the president, has a special responsibility for its implementation."
"This document should become for us a direct guide to action," said the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council.
According to him, "it is necessary to determine the tasks of the party as soon as possible to implement the president's message."
“We will create a working group for each area and assign those responsible.
All sections of the message will form the basis of the United Russia program, with which it will go to the federal parliamentary elections, "he said.
Medvedev said that "the program commission will start working on this from today."
“And, of course, we proceed from the assumption that the voters themselves, the citizens of our country, will become co-authors of the program.
Therefore, it is important to supplement our document with their specific proposals.
This will be done by the public reception offices of the chairman of the party and participants in the preliminary voting, ”he added.
Putin instructed the government to prepare new measures by July to fulfill the national goals of the country's strategic development, taking into account the instructions given during the message to the Federal Assembly.
Thus, during his speech, the Russian leader instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to prepare a program to support families with children, as well as single parents.
In addition, he noted the need in the near future to legislate the payment of sick leave for caring for a child up to seven years in full, regardless of the length of service.
In addition, Putin spoke about measures to support the regions and called for an increase in the average life expectancy in Russia to 78 years by 2030.