1. Prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law on abolishing the inheritance tax.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y.
Deadline – September 1, 2005
2. Prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law on simplified procedures for registering property rights to real estate already in individuals’ de-facto use (garages, housing, garden cottages in cooperatives and gardening partnerships, and the corresponding plots of land).
In charge: Fradkov M.Y.
Deadline – September 1, 2005
3. In the interests of effectively attracting capital to the national economy, prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law giving people the possibility to use simplified procedures for declaring cash funds, so long as they respect two conditions: payment of the 13-percent income tax and placement of the indicated funds in Russian credit institutions.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Ignatyev S.M.
Deadline – September 1, 2005
4. Prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law aimed at improving tax control, bringing order to tax inspections, providing greater guarantees that taxpayers’ rights will be respected and confirming new means by which economic actors can pay their tax debts, keeping in mind that the tax authorities’ priority should be to monitor the enforcement of tax legislation rather than fulfilling tax collection targets.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Kudrin A.L., Gref G.O.
Deadline – September 1, 2005
5. Prepare and submit to the State Duma draft federal laws limiting the participation of foreign capital in sectors concerned with the state’s security, infrastructure facilities and enterprises carrying out defence procurement, natural monopolies and development of mineral deposits of strategic importance.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y.
Deadline – November 1, 2005
6. Prepare and submit, following the established procedures, proposals on principally new approaches to raising effectiveness of the fight against crime, including the fight against terrorism.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Ustinov V.V., Nurgaliyev R.G., Ivanov S.B., Ivanov I.S., Patrushev N.P., Cherkesov V.V.
Deadline – November 1, 2005
7. Prepare and submit, following the established procedures, proposals aimed at raising the effectiveness of the justice system
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Ivanov A.A., Zorkin V.D., Lebedev V.M.
Deadline – November 1, 2005
8. Provide practical assistance for organising and holding a parliamentary election in the Republic of Chechnya.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Veshnyakov A.A.
Deadline – over the course of 2005
9. Draw up a series of measures to stimulate economic growth in the North-Caucasus and Far East regions, in Kaliningrad Oblast and in other border areas, including through the development of trans-continental transport corridors and through increasing the role these regions play in Russia’s cooperation with neighbouring countries.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Kozak D.N., Pulikovsky K.B., Klebanov I.I., Lavrov S.V., Yastrzhembsky S.V.
Deadline – October 1, 2005
10. Draw up a series of measures aimed at improving Russia’s immigration policy, including through developing legislation setting out additional legal grounds for speeding up naturalisation procedures for certain categories of foreign citizens, creating the conditions for attracting qualified, legal, immigrant workers to Russia, improving immigration registration of foreign citizens, combating illegal immigration, and also a series of measures aimed at supporting Russians abroad and providing them with help should they wish to move to Russia.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Medvedev D.A., Nurgaliyev R.G., Lavrov S.V., Patrushev N. P., Chernenko A. G.
Deadline – December 1, 2005
11. Prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law giving the Russian Federation Public Council additional powers to ensure civilian control over the mass media’s respect for the principles of freedom of speech.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Medvedev D.A.
Deadline – December 1, 2005
12. Prepare and submit to the State Duma a draft federal law on procedures for parliamentary investigations.
In charge: Medvedev D.A.
Deadline – December 1, 2005
13. Draw up and approve a federal programme aimed at improving road safety, including through a series of measures to address and eradicate the causes of fatal traffic accidents.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Nurgaliyev R. G., Levitin I. Y., Gref G. O.
Deadline – December 1, 2005
14. Draw up and approve a federal programme containing measures to reduce the extent of alcoholism and drug addiction, promote a healthy way of life, develop physical culture and sport and create conditions that will encourage a higher birth rate, improve the upbringing of children and make being a parent more prestigious. The programme shall also contain measures to ensure affordable and high-quality healthcare and revive the practice of preventive medicine. Work on the draft federal budget for 2006 and government investment programmes should ensure to allocate the necessary funds for carrying out these measures.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Gref G.O., Zurabov M. Y., Kudrin A. L., Sokolov A. S., Fetisov V. A.
Deadline – December 1, 2005
15. Prepare and submit, following the established procedures, proposals for a wage increase of at least 1.5-fold over three years for teachers, doctors, academics and people of artistic professions, military personnel and categories who share their status. This should take into account amendments to Russian Federation legislation, including provisions making it possible for the state authorities in the regions to raise public sector wages at a faster pace. Also to be drawn up are proposals on improving the affordability and quality of social services and attracting non-state investment to healthcare, education, science and culture.
In charge: Fradkov M.Y., Zurabov M.Y., Kudrin A. L., Sokolov A.S.
Deadline – December 1, 2005