OREANDA-NEWS. July 11, 2012. Vladimir Putin held a meeting on implementing social policy measures set out in presidential executive orders, in particular, public-sector wage rises, state support for big families, and the education system’s development.

Mr Putin set out the objectives for improving social policy of the state in a series of programme articles during the presidential election campaign. The principles formulated in these articles became the basis of the presidential executive orders: On Measures to Implement State Social Policy; On Measures to Implement the Demographic Policy of the Russian Federation; and On Measures to Implement State Policy in Science and Education, all signed on the day of Mr Putin’s inauguration, May 7, 2012.

At the meeting, the President said that he has signed an executive order establishing a presidential Commission for Monitoring Progress towards the Socioeconomic Development Targets Set by the President of Russia.