OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2011. "Situation in Karelia remains complicated, nevertheless, we have managed to achieve a breakthrough regarding a number of important problems," – with these words Head of the republic Andrei Nelidov has started his report on work of the Government of the region in 2010 to the Legislative Assembly of Karelia.

"Six months is a trifling period of time. However, besides plans for the future, there are real, quite tangible results of our common work," – Andrei Nelidov has noted having thanked the deputies for trust and support.

He has mentioned 3 primary taska which the new Government had to cope: increasing working efficiency of authorities, stabilization of the financial position of the republic and overcoming the crisis phenomena in the economy.

As a result, all tasks in view have been performed. The number of executive agencies reduced from 24 to 22, their administrative board has got 80% renewed, and the staff numbers has decreased by 10%. Compensatory payments upon retirement for chief executive officers Karelia, including Head of the republic, his deputies, members of the Government and other high-ranking officials have been cancelled. Thus, the new structure of executive agencies of the republic was brought into the accord with requirements of efficiency and Karelia's real financial opportunities.

It has also become possible to reduce budgeted deficit of the republic from more than 3 billion roubles up to 781 million roubles, or up by 5 percent to the volume of own incomes, and more than 3.5-fild in comparison with 2009. At that Karelia has confirmed its international credit rating at 'A +' level, the forecast on all ratings is 'Stable', and has implemented obligation of the budget to the citizens. In particular, 6 billion 200 million roubles, or one quarter of the budget, was spent on social policy, that exceeds assignments of 2009 by 41%.

On results of performance of the anti-recessionary program, the index of industrial production in Karelia in 2010 has made more than 110% to 2009, whereas on the average result in Russia is 2% less. The volume of investments into a fixed capital of the republic has grown by almost 15% compared to 2009 and has made 22 billion 300 million rbl., that is about 32, 600 rbl. per capita against 27,300 roubles in 2009. In total in 2010 it has been completed 20 large investment projects within which scope it has been created over 1 300 new jobs.

Financial result of large and medium organizations of Karelia in 2010 has made 15 billion 700 million rbl. of profit, whereas in 2009 organizations have received 4 billion 100 million rbl. of the loss. Thus, the profit received by profitable organizations in 2010 has grown 10-fold in comparison with the previous year and has made almost 20 billion rbl.

As Head of Karelia has emphasized, almost all tasks announced by the Government are at solution: "We speak about financial stability and reduce budgeted deficit four-fold. We set a task to increase administrative efficiency and we reduce machinery, managing not with numbers but with skills. We put things in order in forestry and in just a few months rental earnings have grown almost one and a half times. We work on development of transport availability, and air service with Moscow at a reasonable price is already renewed. We speak about social responsibility of the business, and delayed wage arrears to workers of enterprises of the republic decrease by one third. We stand up for mobilization of investments, and two major investment agreements are already signed."

Matters concern the agreement with Nord-Hydro company on reconstruction of 63 small hydroelectric power stations all over Karelia. The sum of investments makes 14 billion roubles. The second agreement concerns development of fish farming was the other day signed by Head of the republic and the largest in Russia trout-farming enterprise. The declared amount of investments is 5 billion roubles. At the meeting with the Prime Minister of Russia Head of Karelia has managed to solve the problem of including gasification of Northern Ladoga Lakeside in the program of Gazprom.

In conclusion, Head of Karelia has mentioned: "It is not just plans, these are true results of the first six-month period of work of the new team. It is important for us that people see and support our work. Anyway, according to the monitoring the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia, in the past year satisfaction of citizens with activities of regional executive authority has increased from 16.5% to 27%."