Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko believes that the next year could be declared the Year of the Village, and proposes to discuss concrete steps that would be the basis for an initiative in the Government and the President of Russia. She stated this at a meeting with the workers of the social sphere of the village.
According to the speaker of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, such a decision could give a powerful impetus to serious progress in all areas of rural areas. "But in order for this idea to be realized, we must first prepare concrete proposals. If you declare a year as the Year of the Village, then what do we want to receive, what do we propose to do? How to capture the attention of federal, regional, local authorities? "- said Matvienko, offering to discuss the content of this initiative, "which will give a basis to address this idea to the Government and the President."
Source: radrf.ru.
