Europe Is Waging War Against Russia By Supplying Weapons To Ukraine: Lavrov<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cYou are called upon to pay special attention to matters of state importance such as strengthening the country\u2019s defense and doing everything for our victory, by supporting the defenders of the fatherland and their families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe must support our regions, their fiscal sustainability and tax base. We must also back overall economic development, steady and long-term growth, and the launch of a new investment cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cResources must be carefully calculated and our capabilities balanced against current priorities and strategic goals. While maintaining macroeconomic stability, all national projects and federal programs must be financed,\u201d Putin stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian leader, who last attended the Duma in 2020, opened the ninth legislative session, where the ruling United Russia party holds a majority with 349 out of 450 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides focusing on the budget, Putin gave a special welcome to the 10% of deputies who are war veterans and to those elected for the first time in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the regions that have formally joined the Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe important thing is not to make mistakes. Mistakes, especially now, are absolutely unacceptable,\u201d he said, emphasizing that the budget must be realistic and maintain macroeconomic stability, which guarantees the fulfillment of social programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour attention must always be focused on improving our citizens\u2019 living standards and quality of life. This includes employment, healthcare and education, the environment and culture \u2013 everything that matters to people. After all, the authorities\u2019 effectiveness, including at the legislative level, is determined by how they respond to society\u2019s demands and voters\u2019 instructions,\u201d the Russian leader said, as reported by TASS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putin also appealed to patriotism and called for \u201csolidary and consolidated support from all parties and deputies\u201d on vital matters, since \u201call of us are supporters of the most important thing: the pursuit of success, security and the flourishing of our fatherland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe unity of our society is a faithful guarantee that together we will achieve all the objectives we have set for ourselves. We will guarantee for many generations the security and sovereignty of Russia. So it will be, I am completely sure of it,\u201d he proclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
teleSUR\/ JF<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSources: TASS \u2013 EFE \u2013 RT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the three-year budget to the lower house of parliament (Duma), which seeks macroeconomic stability amid the special military operation in Ukraine. RELATED: Europe… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"{\"authors\":[42],\"author_categories\":{\"42\":\"1\"},\"fallback_author_user\":\"1\",\"ppma_author_box_select\":\"\",\"selected_authors\":[{\"id\":42,\"display_name\":\"Radio Habana Cuba\",\"is_guest\":1,\"category_id\":\"1\"}]}"},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-13439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13441,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13439\/revisions\/13441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13439"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}