MOSCOW, February 20. / TASS /. Russian citizens in 2019 should feel the improvement of life as a result of the national projects' implementation, and the first results of the work should be summed up in 2020, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday.

"In the near future, this year, people should feel real changes for the better. In the beginning of next year, based on the assessments of citizens' opinions, we will summarize the first results of the work on national projects and draw appropriate conclusions about the quality and performance of all levels of executive power," he said.

Earlier, the Russian government published information on its website on 12 national projects, with implementation scheduled to be carried out by end of 2024.

The key areas of the country's strategic development were established by the May 7, 2018, presidential decree. The document identified twelve priority areas - Digital Economy, Ecology, Labor Productivity and Employment Support, International Cooperation and Export, Education, Culture, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship and Support for Entrepreneurial Initiative, Healthcare, Demography, Safe and High-Quality Roads, Housing and Urban Environment, and Science.

The work on these national projects is aimed "at ensuring Russia's breakthrough scientific, technological and socio-economic development, raising the standard of living, creating conditions and opportunities for self-realization and revealing the talent of each person," the government emphasized.