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Last week, the Central Election Commission registered me as a candidate for the presidential elections in Russia. The decision to go to the polls was thought out and made public by me long ago. But the election campaign requires a lot. It imposes fair restrictions and forces to separate what I am obliged to do daily as the leader of the country from what I am supposed to do as a participant in the election campaign.
Like all previous months, I will fulfill my direct official duties. There are no special campaign events in my work schedule. And the created election headquarters will only do what is prescribed to it by the law on presidential elections and the instructions of the Central Election Commission.
However, there is another side to the issue - these are the obligations of the candidate to the Russian voters. The most important of which is to state his plan, to tell what problems he intends to solve as head of the Russian state. In a word - to present a pre-election position.
This is really important. On the one hand, my state position is open and known to everyone. Over the past six months, people have had the opportunity to consider what I consider the most important and what I am already doing in the country's politics and economy. But on the other hand, there is still the question: "Who is Putin and what are his political plans?"
Since this question is worth it, an answer must be given.
That is why I thought it best to contact you directly. I decided without intermediaries - briefly and clearly - to tell what I think about our life today and what needs to be done to make it better.

ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS
Many are looking for the roots of our failures in illiterate industry decisions. But this is only partly true. Experts are still arguing where exactly the decisive mistakes were made. And it is not their fault that everyone sees life from "their own bell tower", defending their own rightness.
I am convinced that there is not and will not be a coherent, working program, when in some offices they write the economic part, in others - the political part, and in the third - its international part. When all this is mechanically "glued together" and presented as a single state platform.
This is not an approach, this is not how things will work for us.
Any program begins with the identification of the main goals. State - from what is able to unite all of us, citizens of our country. For a citizen of Russia, moral foundations are important, which he first acquires in the family and which constitute the very core of patriotism. This is the main thing. Without this, it is impossible to agree on anything; without this, Russia would have to forget about national dignity, and even about national sovereignty.
This is our starting point. And the leader's task is to tune in to common goals, put everyone in their place, and help them believe in their own strengths. Only in this way is a single team spirit formed, only in this way is victory achieved. And therefore, today the most important thing is to openly acknowledge our root problems and set priorities accurately.
I'm ready to say how I see them.
Our first and most important problem is the weakening of the will. Loss of state will and perseverance in finishing the started cases. Hesitation, shying from side to side, the habit of postponing the most difficult tasks until later.
It is time to finally come into direct contact with the problems. And first of all - with the most dangerous of them. With those who slow us down all the time, do not allow the economy to breathe, the state to develop. To put it bluntly, they threaten our entire future existence.
To evade them further is much more dangerous than to accept the challenge. People do not believe the promises, and the government is losing face more and more. The state machine is loose, its motor - the executive branch - wheezes and sneezes as soon as you try to move it. Officials "move papers", but not deeds, and have almost forgotten what official discipline is. Under such conditions, people, of course, can no longer rely on either the force of the law or the justice of the authorities. Only for yourself. Then why do they need such power?
A striking example of such an old evil is crime.
For many years, idly talking about the fight against crime, we only drove this evil into the depths of Russia. Banditry grew stronger, penetrated into cities and villages, taking root everywhere. It got to the point that the whole republic, the subject of the Federation - Chechnya was occupied by the criminal world and turned into its fortress. But as soon as we entered into a direct battle with the bandits, defeated them, a real step was taken towards the rule of law, towards the dictatorship of equal law for all.
Now, wherever a terrorist and a criminal lurks - in Novgorod, St. Petersburg or Kazan, any Russian city - he can no longer hope for help and refuge in Chechnya. A terrible blow has been dealt to the gangster world.
This is the first step, others will follow.
But after all, this could not have been done while sitting in Moscow and writing the next "programs to combat crime." It was necessary to accept the challenge on the enemy's field and defeat him there.
I think I have explained exactly how other difficult problems can and should be solved. Life itself suggests: only by openly accepting the challenge - you can win.
Our other big problem is the lack of firm and generally accepted rules. Like any person, society cannot do without them. And the rules in the state are the law, it is the constitutional discipline and order. This is the security of the family and property of a citizen, his personal security and confidence in the immutability of the established rules of the game.
The state here will have to start with itself. It should not only establish equal rules, but also comply with them. Only in this way will we achieve from everyone the fulfillment of uniform norms of behavior determined by law. In an unlawful, and therefore weak state, a person is defenseless and not free. The stronger the state, the freer the individual. In a democracy, your and my rights are limited only by the same rights of other people. On the recognition of this simple truth, the law is built, which should guide everyone - from a representative of power to an ordinary citizen.
But democracy is a dictatorship of the law, and not of those who are obliged by office to defend this law. I think it is useful to remind: the court makes decisions in the name of the Russian Federation and is obliged to correspond to this high name. The police and the prosecutor's office should serve the law, and not try to "privatize" the powers given to them for their own benefit. Their direct and only task is to protect people, and not false ideas about the honor of the uniform and their departmental interests.
Rules are necessary and important to everyone and everywhere. And the authorities, and entrepreneurs, and even more so - those who are weak and in need of social protection. After all, it is impossible to help the weak if taxes are not paid to the treasury. It is impossible to build a civilized market in a world riddled with corruption. No economic progress is possible if the official depends on capital.
How, they ask, in this case, build relations with the so-called oligarchs? Yes on a general basis! Just like with the owner of a small bakery or shoe repair shop.
Only an effective, strong state can afford to live according to the rules (read - according to the law). And only it should guarantee freedom - entrepreneurial, personal, social.
Let's teach each other to respect the established rules, learn to behave decently ourselves - we will force others to do the same. We will punish violations strictly according to the law - and those who have been more profitable to violate them so far will prefer not to contact us anymore. And for those who have forgotten, we can remind you: power is labor that is paid from the pocket of the taxpayer, from our earnings.
I know that many today are afraid of order. But order is the rule. And those who are now engaged in the substitution of concepts, passing off the absence of order as true democracy - let them not look for dirty tricks and do not frighten us with the past. "Our land is rich, but there is no order," they used to say in Russia.
They won't talk about us like that anymore.
And, finally, there is another big problem, without taking into account which it is useless to build any "huge plans".
We have a very poor idea of ​​what resource we have today. So, everyone seems to understand that property is inviolable - but how much of it, where is it and whose exactly? Today we do not even know the real figures of what belongs to the state. Starting from the treasures of Gokhran to copyright inventions that rightfully belong to Russian citizens. It is a shame to admit, but no one in the country now will name either the exact number of operating enterprises, or their income, or even reliable data on the country's population.
It's time to clearly understand who owns what in Russia. Only then can one correctly calculate both one's own forces and which of the planned tasks are really realistic. After all, this is exactly what we all go on a journey with. Today we, like air, need a large inventory of the country. We need a reliable census and a proper record of everything that is in it.
The new director, taking over the business, first of all will require a balance sheet. Russia is also an economy - huge, complex and very diverse. It is pointless to argue whether we are poor or rich until all our successes and failures, our past losses and new achievements are taken into account.
Each of you probably has your own idea of ​​what lies at the root of our defeats and miscalculations. But it is high time for us, the citizens of Russia, to agree on what we expect from the state and in what way we are ready to support it. I am now talking about our national priorities. Without this, we will again lose time in vain, and irresponsible talkers will decide our fate with you.

ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES
In recent years, we have adopted hundreds of "first" and "priority" action programs. Since there are so many of them, it means that no one has reached the real priorities. We all the time followed the events, disentangling the consequences of our own reckless decisions. They constantly piled up big and small things. On the other hand, they were enthusiastically distracted by easy tasks, justifying their own unwillingness and their own fear to respond to really serious challenges.
Since we don't want a repetition of what has already been done, we don't want the country to trail behind, we must decide on really urgent tasks. There aren't many if you approach them wisely. But they are really difficult.

OUR PRIORITY is to overcome our own poverty.
We are accustomed to be proud of our wealth - a vast territory, natural resources, multinational culture and education of the nation. It really is. But only this is unworthy of a great power - Russia.
One day we must say to ourselves: we are a rich country of poor people. In general, we are a country of paradoxes. And not so much political as social, economic, cultural.
Our children collect gold medals at international olympiads. Our best minds are in demand in the West. Russian musicians and conductors are sold out at the best concert venues in the world. And capital theaters are always full of spectators. This is all our wealth.
But there is another part of the truth. It is not only depressing, but requires action. Millions more people in the country barely make ends meet, save on everything - even on food. Parents and children for years cannot scrape together to travel to each other. The old people who won the Great Patriotic War and created Russia the glory of a world power live somehow or even worse - they beg on the streets. But these are the fruits of their labor, their resource is "eating up" today our generation, almost without replenishing the national treasury with their own achievements. Returning their due debt is no longer just a social, but in the full sense of the word a political and moral task.
Yes, we finally began to pay pensions on time. We began to help those in need as much as possible. But endless patching of holes - without breakthrough ideas and approaches - will not solve this truly national problem.
It is, of course, impossible to get rid of the humiliation of poverty without the help of money. But to inflate our already large social security is also not a method. We've already gone through this. Here the main resource is a new efficient generation. Those who want and can become wealthy people in a civilized state.
Young and energetic people, all who know the real value of labor and know how to earn a living, already know how to save the country from the humiliation of poverty. They are able to restore to it not only economic, but also moral dignity. This is a public task, and together we will solve it. There are enough examples in Russian history - Russia did not come out of such alterations.

OUR PRIORITY is to protect the market from illegal intrusion, both bureaucratic and criminal.
Today we are simply obliged to ensure the security of property rights and to protect the entrepreneur from arbitrary, non-legal interference in his activities. If these guarantees are not given by the state, the vacuum is quickly filled by criminal gangs. They take under their "roof" those who cannot achieve protection from the state in any way.
At one time, the term economic crime was introduced into circulation. This is not just legally inaccurate, it is a mistake. It is impossible to lump together all the crimes related to the economy and finances, arranging entire campaigns against "economic criminals" on this basis.
But since a super-profitable "economic specialization" has developed in the criminal environment, it means that today it is the most nutritious soil for it in our financial and economic sector. And only the state itself - by action or inaction - helped him in this. It helped with bad laws, lack of clear rules and indiscriminate, illiterate interference in the market.
Of course, we need strict state control. But one is not enough. Let's see what happens: you are not sure about the stability of your business, because you cannot count on the force of the law and the honesty of officials. It means that you are dissatisfied with public services and therefore do not pay all taxes. Not only that - you have the opportunity to exist safely. And the state is deprived of the means to maintain an unbiased legal system, pays little to officials, they take bribes. The result - the circle is closed.
We have been talking about state regulation of the economy for many years. However, we understand it differently. But the essence of this regulation is not to stifle the market and expand bureaucratic expansion into new industries, but, on the contrary, to help it get on its feet. People have the right to demand protection from the fact that their business is taken over by a gangster group. The right to demand compliance with the rules of fair business competition. All business entities should be placed on an equal footing. And state institutions cannot be used in the interests of clan or group struggle.
I think the picture is clear. We have high taxes, but we collect little of them. We need low taxes, but we need to collect a lot of them. So much so that the state is strong and effective. So that it can maintain a fair trial and an incorruptible bureaucracy. So that it can finally help those who are not able to provide for themselves.
I am absolutely sure that a strong state is interested in wealthy people. And therefore, the key decision for our entire economic policy is that it is more profitable to work honestly than to steal.
Enough already to live "on suitcases" and save money in capsules. Stop feeding foreign countries by forcing our people to keep their earnings in foreign accounts. It is high time to create normal development conditions for young and able-bodied citizens. After all, they equally do not need either artificial greenhouse benefits or deadly restrictions. Who wants and can live richly, let him help himself and his country.

OUR PRIORITY is the revival of the personal dignity of citizens in the name of the high national dignity of the country.
Russia has long been not a truncated map of the Soviet Union, but a self-confident power with a great future and a great people.
Over the past decade, there have been qualitative changes in the minds of people. Our citizens are not yet rich, but they are independent and quite self-confident. Our press is now - forever free. Our army, with honor coming out of a long crisis, is becoming better and more professional.
Yes, Russia has ceased to be an empire - but has not lost its potential as a great power. We no longer dictate to anyone and hold no one back, but we have time and energy for ourselves. The new generation has a great historical chance - to build a Russia that you are not ashamed to pass on to your children.
Those who scare that we are using this chance for dictatorship shy away from their own shadow. A great country cherishes its freedom and respects someone else's. It is unreasonable to be afraid of a strong Russia, but it must be reckoned with. Offending us is more expensive.

OUR PRIORITY is to build a foreign policy based on the national interests of our own country.
In fact, it is necessary to recognize the supremacy of internal goals over external ones. We must finally learn this. If our citizens do not benefit from certain international projects - no matter how loud and beautiful they sound - we do not need to go there. If Russia is being urged to engage in global affairs that cost a lot of money, and we live on credit, we cannot pay the salaries of our people, we must first weigh the possibilities and, perhaps, wait.
There is not and will not be a sovereign force where weakness and poverty rule. It's time to understand: our place in the world, our prosperity, and our new rights directly depend on the successful solution of our own internal problems.
Let's remember our national interests not only when it is necessary to declare something loudly. Let's formulate them competently and clearly, and then persistently carry them out. Only the real, including economic, interests of the country should be law for Russian diplomats.
But here I would like to note that our current economy of forces does not at all mean that we do not have external expansion in the good sense of the word. What other countries call zones of vital interests, we also see for ourselves. But we see it as a source of further peaceful development - economic, international, political.
You can, of course, continue this list. But isn't the above enough to get started on this immediately? Are there not enough urgent tasks for us? By joining forces, we will solve them all - one by one.

ABOUT OUR COMMON GOAL
During elections, a whole sea of ​​political platforms of candidates is usually printed. These voluminous documents are rarely read to the end.
I have outlined here what I consider the most important. Anyone who says that this is not the whole program will be right. I do not pretend to be an absolute truth, but I considered it my duty to briefly tell my fellow citizens about my principles and views on the state.

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