“Reactors of new generation and nuclear fuel will appear in Russia before 2014. Nuclear developments will be actively applied in other spheres too – in medicine, first and foremost. The technologies will be used for creating new engines, which would make even interplanetary flights possible. We will take an active part in the thermonuclear synthesis project. These technologies are the future,” Medvedev said.
“Broadband internet access, digital television and 4G communication networks must be created in Russia nationwide during five years,” he said.
Medvedev stressed out that Russia must modernize its economy and end the “humiliating” dependence on energy sources.
“We haven’t freed ourselves from the primitive structure of the economy. It’s a question of our country’s survival in the modern world,” he said.
Russia has decided to enter a new technological level and will develop new medical and space technologies.
As for corruption in Russia, the president stated that corrupt officials must be jailed, although he acknowledged that it would not rule out the problem.
"You cannot root out the problem of corruption through jailings alone. But you must sling them into jail anyway," he said.
Speaking about the election system in the country, Medvedev stated that it would be better to cancel requirements for political parties to collect signatures for their election registration.
The president said that the Soviet era heritage was becoming outdated very fast.
“Though it keeps our country afloat, it is rapidly becoming outdated. It is high time for today's generations of the Russian people to express themselves and raise Russia to a new and higher level in developing civilization," the president added.
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