Rustem Khamitov: "Voters supported President's policy"

UFA, 19 March 2018. /Bashinform News Agency/. During the elections, voters supported the policy conducted by the current President of Russia Vladimir Putin. This was stated by the Head of the Republic Rustem Khamitov, commenting on the results of the elections held yesterday.

“Voters supported the President's line of policy. In his Address, the President spoke quite a lot about the new social policy in the country. This is primarily due to even greater attention to health care issues, to issues related to education, to support of those who need it.”

According to the Head of the Republic, one of the key tasks in the social sphere will be an increase in average life expectancy of up to 80 years.

“In addition, we understand that considerable efforts will be directed to increase labor efficiency, competitiveness of our enterprises, and to issues related to the modern development of the economy. Digitalization, artificial intelligence, robotics, other current innovations will be promoted especially actively. Significant resources will be allocated for it, about trillions of rubles”, Rustem Khamitov marked.

The Head of the Republic noted that the Social and Economic Development Strategy until 2030 was formed in Bashkortostan.

According to the CEC RB , the voter turnout in the republic made 75.45 percent. The current head of state Vladimir Putin received 77.69 percent of votes.