Main results and trends of budget policy (стр. 7 )

The project also aims at raising the priority status of first and emergency medical aid. Significant funds will be directed to facilities offering these types of assistance, raising salaries for medical workers and funding professional development for doctors, paramedics and nurses.

War on Drugs

Increased cases of drug dependence pose a serious problem to society. In the recent years newly reported cases of drug dependence syndrome have increased, in 2005 reaching 17.1 new cases in every 100,000. The federal targeted program titled “Comprehensive action against substance abuse and illegal substance trafficking” aimed at eradicating drug dependence pursues the following objectives:

	Unit of measu­rement	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Percentage of illicit drug use compared to 2004	%	97-96	94-92	91-88	88-84	84-80
Share of adolescents and young adults aged 11 to 24 involved in preventive work	%	10	12-15	15-17	20	25
The ratio of drug addicts who remain in remission for no less than three years after medical treatment and rehabilitation to the total number of drug addicts who have undergone treatment and rehabilitation	%	8.3-8.4	8.7-9.0	9.2-9.7	9.7-10.3	10.2-10.9
The ratio of seized illegal drugs to the assessed amount of drugs in illicit circulation annually	%	9.3	9.6	10.0	10.3	10.7

The operations of the Federal drug enforcement service, as well as those of health and social service organizations for dependence prevention, are aimed at stemming the growing number of drug dependence cases and reducing it by 2010 to 13.2 cases in every 100,000:

3.5 Improved Access to Comfortable Housing and Quality Housing Services

In 2002 the federal government had launched the target program “Housing” spanning , with the objective of providing accessible and comfortable housing to our citizens. (table 3.6)

Table 3.6

Federal Budget Expenditures for Housing and Utilities Provision

	2007 (budgeted)	2008 (projected)	2009 (projected)	2010 (projected)
*****bles	*****bles	Growth from 2007, %	*****bles	*****bles
Federal targeted program Housing for (second stage)	46.6	65.5	31.1	67.5	64.3
Subprogram Housing Provision for Citizens Entitled under Federal Legislation, including:	24.1	33.6	39.4	36.6	44.7
Subsidies to servicemen	12.6	13.3	4.8	17.3	23.3
Subsidies to demobilized servicemen	5.3	5.7	5.3	7.4	10.3
Subsidies to persons who participated in cleanup operations after radiation accidents and disasters and were affected by them and to other persons of equivalent status	3.8	6.0	53.3	1.9	0.9
Subsidies to forced migrants	1.0	1.1	9.3	1.5	1.5
Subsidies to citizens leaving the Far North and equivalent regions	1.3	7.5	490.6	8.5	8.7
Subprogram Provision of Housing to Young Families	3.6	4.6	27.8	4.7	4.9
Subprogram Modernization of Utility Infrastructure Facilities	6.1	7.4	23.31	6.1	5.2
Measures to provide certain categories of citizens with housing	4.5	5.0	9.9	5.0	5.5
Subprogram Provision of Utility Infrastructure on Sites Designated for Housing Construction	-	5.9	40.0	7.1	4.0
Measures to develop housing mortgage credits	-	6.0		8.0	-

National priority project titled “Accessible and comfortable housing for the citizens of Russia” is one of an especially important component of the government’s solution to the housing problem.

The federal budget for 2008, and the outlook through 2010, provide for additional appropriations in the amount of 18.4 *****bles, including annual subsidies of 6.1 bln. to 17,000 families scheduled to receive housing subsidies; these are families migrating from the Far Northern regions, or regions of equal status, with family members of type 1 and 2 disabilities or child disability. Consequently, in the federal spending on housing subsidies will rise from 6.1 bln.. to 24.5 *****bles; by 2010 all citizens belonging to the said category and registered with their regional authorities (22,000 families) will have received appropriate compensation.

Funding for the federal project Housing will increase by a factor of 1.2 in 2008 (as compared to 2007) and 1.3 in 2010 (table 3.7).

Table 3.7

National Project Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian Citizens

Expenditures and Outcomes

Measures	Unit of measurement	2007	2008	2009	2010
National Project Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian Citizens, total	*****bles	50.9	67.0	72.3	69.0
Federal Targeted Program Housing for	bln. .rubles	42.2	57.6	62.5	58.8
Provision of housing to young families	*****bles	3.6	4.6	4.7	4.9
thous. families	41.7	39.2	37.0	36.0
Provision of utility infrastructure on sites designated for housing construction – subsidies to Russian Federation subjects’ budgets	*****bles	3.8	5.9	7.1	4.0
mln. sq. m	7.8	11.8	16.4	21.3
Modernization of utility infrastructure, total	*****bles	6.1	7.4	6.1	5.2
Including relocation of citizens from dilapidated housing	*****bles	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.4
Subprogram Housing Provision for Citizens Entitled under Federal Legislation, including:	*****bles	24.1	33.6	36.6	44.7
thous. families	24.8	30.7	32.9	39.7
Development of the housing mortgage credit refinancing system (Housing Mortgage Credit Agency)	bln. .rubles	4.5	6.0	8.0	-
Provision of state loan guarantees of the Russian Federation. OAO Housing Mortgage Credit Agency	*****bles	16.0	28.0	36.0	44.0
State guarantees for loans issued for building infrastructure on land sites and modernizing utility infrastructure	*****bles	17.5	18.6	19.5	-
Compensations Fund – provision of housing to veterans and disabled persons	*****bles	5.2	5.9	6.3	6.7
thous. people	17.4	16.1	15.0	14.1
Subsidies to Russian Federation subjects for building motor roads to new residential areas	*****bles	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5

The project is expected to result in a significant increase of newly constructed housing and greater access to affordable housing for the general population: