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Putin says he always counts on United Russia party as powerful political force

Russian President believes that the United Russia party performed well during the election campaign and rightfully won

MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he always counts on the United Russia party as a powerful political force.

"I would like to emphasize the consolidating role of United Russia as a parliamentary party. Your efforts at the federal and regional levels are helping to rally patriotically-minded and responsible forces towards achieving our common goals and priorities. This is extremely important for adopting high-quality laws in the interests of our society and citizens," President said in his address to participants of the third phase of the party’s 20th congress.

"I always count on you, on the United Russia party as a powerful and reliable political force, and on your professionalism and energy in addressing the large-scale tasks we have planned for the coming years and for the longer term," he emphasized.

The Russian leader thanked party members for the "invariable support," congratulated them on the 20th anniversary of the party, and wished success in "striving to move ahead at full throttle.".

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the United Russia party performed well during the election campaign and rightfully won.

"I believe that United Russia has performed well in the rather difficult, even extraordinary conditions of the election campaign, has withstood tough and open competition, won confidently, with a good advantage, and once again proved that it is a true leader, a party of popular representation with a parliamentary majority," President said.

The Russian leader congratulated party members on their "resounding victory," emphasizing that "this result is extremely significant for the entire country, for its stable and effective development.".

The United Russia has all the resources for supporting people in addressing the matters they raise, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"They reach out to you, those who represent them in the corridors of power, on the most pressing matters of concern to them," he said.

"I would like to note that we have all the resources for supporting people in addressing the matters they raise," President stressed.

Putin added that he remembers the party’s constituent congress that took place on December 1, 2001, very well. "I would like to say that the ability to take responsibility for the country and to work for the people has been its strong side from day one," the Russian leader said. "The party more than once proved with its deeds that it satisfies these requirements. The essence of its activities was to make a decisive contribution to overcoming the systemic and sometimes deadly risks, which threatened not only people’s safety but the very existence of our homeland at the turn of the 2000s," he explained.

"During the past 20 years, the party firmly and consistently held patriotic positions, which was clearly manifested during the adoption of fundamental, history-making and pivotal decisions on strengthening Russia’s sovereignty, protecting its national interests, improving its political system, boosting the economy, developing modern approaches to social problems, and supporting families with children," Putin said.

Putin considers the intention of the United Russia party to report on its achievements annually right.

"I consider it a good thing that you are going to report to people annually, tell them about the party’s concrete activities and what it has achieved. We need to speak openly about sensitive issues and about those that have not been dealt with, and to suggest solutions," President said in his address to participants of the third phase of the party’s 20th congress on Saturday.

He noted that after the elections, the United Russia party immediately began implementing its goals. "This shows responsibility, and the maturity of the political force. Because every word that we give people must become a real deed and the achieved result must change life for the better," the Russian leader stressed.

The priorities of the people’s program are reflected in the federal budget for the next three years, Putin said. That said, the parliamentary faction "not only supported this draft law but also made some important amendments of a social nature and helped ensure that some important decisions were made, such as increasing the minimum monthly wage and subsistence rate," he added. "I would like to thank you for your support and for quickly implementing these measures that aim to raise people’s incomes, and I would also like to thank you for promoting other initiatives that we agreed on during the election campaign, including in June and August, at the Congress’ previous stages. I would like to recall that, at the time, this concerned additional payments to senior citizens, the indexation of pensions and pay grades of service personnel and law enforcement officers, and new ambitious programs to provide employment for young people, to relocate tenants of dilapidated housing, to develop a medical rehabilitation system, and to build and overhaul schools," President concluded.

Putin believes that the United Russia party has offered a constructive program, each of its points being well-weighed and calculated from the point of view of implementation, to people.

"Your success was not determined by loud and attractive slogans, which mainly involve nothing but empty and impossible promises. You had a different campaign style, a different approach, a different attitude towards voters," President said.

"The party offered the citizens of Russia a constructive, fruitful and unifying agenda and presented a program that it began to form long before the elections, during the course of meetings and conversations with people and through discussing topical, acute, pressing issues with them. The program is rightfully called popular, because it is based on the proposals and initiatives of the citizens of our huge country, of all its regions. And what is important, each of its points is well-weighed and calculated from the point of view of implementation within defined, specific deadlines," he emphasized.

"I believe that voters positively assessed the updated composition of United Russia. Volunteers, civic activists, and youth leaders became its candidates for election at various levels. Almost half of the composition of your faction in the State Duma of the eighth convocation has changed," the Russian leader noted.

"United Russia was one of the first major socio-political forces that supported the We Are Together volunteer movement and took an active part in it. Many members and supporters of the party became volunteers in the very first days of the pandemic: they helped doctors and nurses in hospitals and outpatient clinics, delivered food and medicines and did everything in their power to make people feel their care and attention in those difficult times. It is crucially important that you continue this work," he concluded.