Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Governor Aleksey Ostrovskiy participated in ceremony of annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

The event took place in St George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace and was attended by the members of the Council of Federation, State Duma and Government, Presidents of the Constitutional, Supreme and Higher Arbitration Court, heads of the constitutional entities, chairpersons of regional legislative assemblies, heads of traditional faiths, public figures and executives of major media outlets.

At the end of event commented Aleksey Ostrovskiy Presidential Address: «The President made it clear that democracy - is the people, and people are choosing power, should have a hundred percent chance that power control during the entire period of its powers.

I was glad to see that my initiative to create a system of "people's expertise" in the Smolensk region, entirely consistent with this installation of the President. This means that the problem of effective control by the public officials is not unique to Smolensk region, but also to all regions of Russia.

In addition much of Presidential Address was devoted to social issues and methods of their solutions. It is very important for Heads of regions, for me personally that the level of education in institutions of higher education that exist and operate in the Smolensk region remained high. And people coming out of the walls of schools got good knowledge, acquiring the profession. And then as the Head of the region I want to provide them with jobs.

The regions act as support of population policies. Conditions must be created so that people would like to create a family, wanted to have children and to improve the situation in the region and in the country as a whole.

I am also very pleased with the fact that the government pays serious attention to the need for control over the assets and incomes of officials of all levels».