1. Should the death penalty be abolished in the Union State?
A) Yes
B) No
2. Should Russia invite the following countries: Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria into the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)?
A) Yes
B) No
3. Please write down, how should the Russian government deal with ongoing demographic changes (that is, lower fertility rate and aging population)?
4. Please write down, how should the Russian government deal with diversification of the economy?
5. Please write down, how should the Russian government development of the countryside and rural areas in Russia?
1) B. No, we should keep the death penalty, but restrict it's use to the absolute very worst of society and scum who are incapable of living with us.
2) An offer should be made, but we should focus on expanding the alliance for a better strategic point. CSTO should not be only in former Soviet countries.
3) Usually, pronatal incentives are not very effective, so we must implement propaganda and use better benefits to encourage couples (especially Russians and other Slavs rather than Muslim populations) to have more children. However, we cannot be encouraging couples to have massive families irresponsibly, which will raise the abortion and abandonment rates and counteract the higher number of people.
3.1: Make Family Leave and childcare completely free (state funded) across Russia, while after four children, the primary income (if there are two incomes) will receive tax breaks larger in number each time based on dependents. The Secondary income will receive no income taxes after four children. Three children will be a small tax break.
3.2: Increase efforts to promote child-safe activities and sports, and increase funds to sports development for children. This doesn't directly lead to more people but it is excellent for physical health and national development.
3.3: Rent and Housing assistance for families with more than three children would go a long way in promoting larger families. Also, increasing education funding to encompass safer transport options and better schooling will ensure that parents put their children in a good environment and keep them safe there and back.
4) A diverse economy is a strong economy, and we should put our focus into the production of goods and services. Leaving ourselves dependent on resource extraction or banking could lead to an economic crisis because of a market crash or a drop in energy prices. But manufactured goods, especially high technology like Aerospace or heavy equipment that is resource intensive will probably never go out of fashion. It is always needed. Let us promote the development of manufacturing and high-tech machining. We have a highly educated population and cheap labor, the perfect circumstances for setting up a powerful electronics industry. We should focus on the future rather than the past for now.
5) Our rural areas (in fact many areas outside of Moscow in general) are generally much poorer and less affluent than cities. This is not only the case in Russia, but we can lift ourselves out of it. We should promote the development of a middle class of farmers and workers in rural areas, and begin to build funds for more farms, both state and privately owned, and implement more modern technology. Currently, much of our farming looks the same as it did forty years ago, only with newer tractors, and we should begin to use electronics and modern navigational systems in our large-scale farming operations. Along with the military, this also boosts our domestic market of electronics, which would go well with the previous point of technology manufacturing.
