G.A. Zyuganov: To solve the country's problems, a different economic course is needed
17.01.2025
On January 14, at the opening of the spring session of the State Duma of 2025, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Head of the Communist faction, G.A. Zyuganov, spoke from the parliamentary rostrum.
— Dear deputies! Comrades and colleagues!
We have entered a very difficult and responsible year. Last year, a good foundation for development was laid. Russia demonstrated economic growth rates higher than the world average. We turned the tide at the front. We adopted a number of laws limiting unregulated migration. We considered laws providing support for socially vulnerable citizens. We partially helped science and education. But ahead of us are problems that cannot be solved within the framework of such a financial and economic course and such a budget!
In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the euphoria about Trump on some TV channels. In connection with his accession to the post of US President, there are illusions that, in my opinion, are absolutely unfounded.
We must clearly understand: the planet has entered the era of political thugs. And Trump, not yet ascending to the "throne", is already, in fact, turning the Western world upside down. If we do not evaluate what is happening objectively, we will face big troubles.
Our main task now is to defeat Nazism and fascism. But we can win only if we are strong, successful and self-confident. We need a three- or four-fold advantage over the enemy. And this will require not only the mobilization of will and resources, but also a different financial and economic course.
Trump has little time to implement his plans. So he started acting early. He chose Vance as his vice president. Between them, they could have 12 years in office. That’s enough to build a renewed empire.
I assure you, the Americans will be able to buy Greenland. They will "park" Canada and Mexico. They may even rename the Gulf of Mexico to the American Gulf. As for the Panama Canal, it was previously and may again become the property of the United States. And we must understand that this will already be an empire with a population of over 500 million people and a territory of 21 million square kilometers, controlling 40% of the Arctic shelf. This will allow the Americans to dictate their terms even more harshly not only to Europe, but also to other regions. They have a campaign against China ahead of them. They will make every effort to impose their terms on us.
When they say that Trump will come and peace will come to Ukraine in a week, this is an illusion based on the image that was built during the election campaign. In fact, he has already formulated his real strategy for the near future. It is obvious that with his arrival, the drones under American control that are attacking us will not go anywhere. Their systems, shelling our territory all the way to the Volga. Tomorrow it will be the Urals, and then our main oil and gas region.
If anyone thinks that Trump has a recipe for all occasions, they are mistaken. He does not even have a solution to the conflict that would suit both sides. It is pointless to look back at him when deciding what to do on the front. Some are discussing the prospects of Ukraine joining NATO. But NATO has long been commanding, managing, supplying weapons, shelling, strangling in Ukraine.
We should discuss not the senseless hopes for Trump, but the problems that prevent us from developing and winning. We need to objectively assess the situation and say directly: if the key rate continues at 21 percent, the monetization of the economy at 53 percent, the jumping ruble, which has depreciated by 80 percent, we will not maintain growth at the level of world rates. We will not fulfill social obligations. And all this will again hide behind the screen of an obliging, biased information policy. Although only truth and a real assessment of the situation win in war.
We must take a sober look at the threats we face. Last year, I began my speech in the State Duma by listing them. And today I will name them again.
The first and main threat is extinction. 2024 was declared the year of the family. But at the same time, our population has decreased by another 600 thousand. These are two cities like my native Orel. We need to take urgent measures to stop this dangerous process. And the conversation about our problems must begin with this question.
Another important issue, also closely related to demography, is the organization of children's recreation. But look at what happened on the Black Sea, in one of the main resort areas! Hollywood burned down in America. This terrible picture is a direct consequence of their liberal policy. And here they polluted the entire Black Sea coast, which we had been developing for 300 years. And for a whole month they could not assemble a team that would effectively clean it up. Until the president slammed his fist and personally began to form such a team.
This is another critical signal that we need to increase discipline and responsibility. Two tubs were driven into the Black Sea, where they literally fell apart. But in this situation there are direct, specific violators. There are immediate culprits. And if you and I do not increase demand and personal responsibility, then such outrages will be repeated again, and what happened in Crocus City.
The Black Sea coast is a huge array of children's camps. And we need to urgently decide what will happen to children's recreation now. And how to conduct it - including in the outback, in our schools. This is a huge job that will require colossal resources.
Another threat is the social split in the country, impoverishment and rising prices that create this split. It is not decreasing. The oligarchy has been enriching itself at an unheard-of rate at the expense of our resources, and it is still enriching itself. It did not pay fair taxes, and it still does not pay them. Today it has tucked its tail between its legs, sits and keeps quiet. But it is doing practically nothing to win.
Another threat is uncontrolled migration. We have prepared a corresponding document. I have sent it to you. It is based on the successful experience of Belarus. Lukashenko is running for election, and we are not just supporting him. He is not only an ally – he is our salvation from the point of view of geopolitics and strategic prospects. Belarus is among the five safest countries in the world. But its main achievement is socialization. There is no oligarchy, no organized crime, no thieves. The entire economy works for citizens – including on the basis of market relations. And we need to study this experience, disseminate it in our country.
A critical, but still unrecognized by many, threat is ecological. The situation with ecology, with climate change is simply outrageous. We have made our proposals, which were prepared by our comrades - Melnikov, Kashin, Afonin, Novikov, Savitskaya. All of them are actively involved in the problems of education, science, and upbringing. The ecological state of nature begins with the ecology of the soul of a person who interacts with nature. And it begins with upbringing and education.
Yesterday our chairman Volodin gave us a very good book by the French historian and sociologist Emmanuel Todd, "The Defeat of the West." I advise you to carefully read at least two chapters - "Why the Rest of the World Chose Russia" and "The Washington Gang." In 1976, Todd was the first to predict the destruction of the Soviet system and the Socialist Commonwealth. He is a smart, strong analyst. And he based his research on moral and ethical systemic conclusions, not statistical falsifications. He analyzes such indicators as mortality in general, infant mortality, alcoholism, and family relationships. And he concludes: if a system does not promote traditional values, does not rely on the achievements of the great Soviet era, it is doomed. So let's remember this and get out of this dead end together!
Our main priority is victory. And we will continue to work for it. I thank Kashin and our headquarters. We recently sent the 132nd convoy to the front. There are 200 thousand gifts there. Kolomeytsev personally sent 50 thousand. They will reach everyone - from the trenches and hospitals to the boarding school.
But I appeal to our talented journalists: show it! We welcome the fact that ministers also provide assistance to the front and the regions reunited with Russia. And that this is actively covered in the media. But why don’t they talk about how our deputy Kazbek Taysayev and our other comrades regularly go to Donbass? About how they literally reached every organization in the Kursk region that was subjected to a terrorist Nazi-Bandera attack. Show their faces! Tell us what they do! This topic cannot be privatized again exclusively in the interests of the authorities! This is abnormal.
Victory must become our common heritage. And, moving towards the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, we are obliged to ensure a new victory everywhere.
Returning to the main threats, one cannot help but mention the danger of preserving Yeltsin's legacy, which the "fifth column" is clinging to. A change of course is necessary, which largely relies on this legacy to this day. I insist that you consider this issue first and foremost. Our "Victory Program", with which Kharitonov went to the presidential elections and with which he traveled to all the regions, received unconditional support in society. It is based on the laws and bills we have developed, on deep scientific analysis, on vast historical experience.
I thank the Chairman of the State Duma, who yesterday supported our long-standing idea – to consider the law “Education for All”. It was prepared by Alferov, Melnikov, Smolin, Ostanina and other of our best specialists. This law has everything for the revival of domestic education, the great Russian-Soviet school. Let’s adopt it – and you will see what a rapid breakthrough it will lead to.
I would like to draw your attention to the children of war again. There are few of them left. But the issue of adequately supporting them is still being delayed. Although the costs required for this are minimal. Let's finally do it!
It is impossible not to mention the problems of housing and communal services. They have tormented everyone. It is high time to nationalize this sphere.
I live in a building where big bosses lived for over 40 years. And now the radiators are cold in the middle of winter, which has never happened before. Management companies everywhere are lining their pockets and do not want to respond to citizens' demands.
The experience of people's enterprises. I invite you once again: let's hold meetings at our Lenin State Farm, in Zvenigovskoye, in Usolye-Sibirskoye. And you will see how it is possible not to take a penny from the state, but at the same time have an excellent social package for workers, high salaries, the best kindergartens and schools, large families. Why are you ignoring this experience? I insist that you familiarize yourself with it!
And finally, the political system. The question of the political system is the most difficult, the most responsible. It is unacceptable to mutilate it! Let's invite Kiriyenko to the Duma again, if necessary. Let's discuss what is happening with our elections. They cannot be full-fledged if the voting procedure is divided into three or four days, and the vote counting is not actually controlled. Citizens demand full-fledged elections, and we are ready to defend this position!
We are preparing for the 80th anniversary of the Victory. We will hold our largest international forum in Moscow and Minsk dedicated to the fight against fascism and Nazism. More than a hundred countries will take part in it. And I am sure it will yield an exceptionally important result.
I wish everyone new victories, success, health and good luck in the new year!
G.A. Zyuganov: To solve the country's problems, a different economic course is needed
17.01.2025
On January 14, at the opening of the spring session of the State Duma of 2025, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Head of the Communist faction, G.A. Zyuganov, spoke from the parliamentary rostrum.
— Dear deputies! Comrades and colleagues!
We have entered a very difficult and responsible year. Last year, a good foundation for development was laid. Russia demonstrated economic growth rates higher than the world average. We turned the tide at the front. We adopted a number of laws limiting unregulated migration. We considered laws providing support for socially vulnerable citizens. We partially helped science and education. But ahead of us are problems that cannot be solved within the framework of such a financial and economic course and such a budget!
In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the euphoria about Trump on some TV channels. In connection with his accession to the post of US President, there are illusions that, in my opinion, are absolutely unfounded.
We must clearly understand: the planet has entered the era of political thugs. And Trump, not yet ascending to the "throne", is already, in fact, turning the Western world upside down. If we do not evaluate what is happening objectively, we will face big troubles.
Our main task now is to defeat Nazism and fascism. But we can win only if we are strong, successful and self-confident. We need a three- or four-fold advantage over the enemy. And this will require not only the mobilization of will and resources, but also a different financial and economic course.
Trump has little time to implement his plans. So he started acting early. He chose Vance as his vice president. Between them, they could have 12 years in office. That’s enough to build a renewed empire.
I assure you, the Americans will be able to buy Greenland. They will "park" Canada and Mexico. They may even rename the Gulf of Mexico to the American Gulf. As for the Panama Canal, it was previously and may again become the property of the United States. And we must understand that this will already be an empire with a population of over 500 million people and a territory of 21 million square kilometers, controlling 40% of the Arctic shelf. This will allow the Americans to dictate their terms even more harshly not only to Europe, but also to other regions. They have a campaign against China ahead of them. They will make every effort to impose their terms on us.
When they say that Trump will come and peace will come to Ukraine in a week, this is an illusion based on the image that was built during the election campaign. In fact, he has already formulated his real strategy for the near future. It is obvious that with his arrival, the drones under American control that are attacking us will not go anywhere. Their systems, shelling our territory all the way to the Volga. Tomorrow it will be the Urals, and then our main oil and gas region.
If anyone thinks that Trump has a recipe for all occasions, they are mistaken. He does not even have a solution to the conflict that would suit both sides. It is pointless to look back at him when deciding what to do on the front. Some are discussing the prospects of Ukraine joining NATO. But NATO has long been commanding, managing, supplying weapons, shelling, strangling in Ukraine.
We should discuss not the senseless hopes for Trump, but the problems that prevent us from developing and winning. We need to objectively assess the situation and say directly: if the key rate continues at 21 percent, the monetization of the economy at 53 percent, the jumping ruble, which has depreciated by 80 percent, we will not maintain growth at the level of world rates. We will not fulfill social obligations. And all this will again hide behind the screen of an obliging, biased information policy. Although only truth and a real assessment of the situation win in war.
We must take a sober look at the threats we face. Last year, I began my speech in the State Duma by listing them. And today I will name them again.
The first and main threat is extinction. 2024 was declared the year of the family. But at the same time, our population has decreased by another 600 thousand. These are two cities like my native Orel. We need to take urgent measures to stop this dangerous process. And the conversation about our problems must begin with this question.
Another important issue, also closely related to demography, is the organization of children's recreation. But look at what happened on the Black Sea, in one of the main resort areas! Hollywood burned down in America. This terrible picture is a direct consequence of their liberal policy. And here they polluted the entire Black Sea coast, which we had been developing for 300 years. And for a whole month they could not assemble a team that would effectively clean it up. Until the president slammed his fist and personally began to form such a team.
This is another critical signal that we need to increase discipline and responsibility. Two tubs were driven into the Black Sea, where they literally fell apart. But in this situation there are direct, specific violators. There are immediate culprits. And if you and I do not increase demand and personal responsibility, then such outrages will be repeated again, and what happened in Crocus City.
The Black Sea coast is a huge array of children's camps. And we need to urgently decide what will happen to children's recreation now. And how to conduct it - including in the outback, in our schools. This is a huge job that will require colossal resources.
Another threat is the social split in the country, impoverishment and rising prices that create this split. It is not decreasing. The oligarchy has been enriching itself at an unheard-of rate at the expense of our resources, and it is still enriching itself. It did not pay fair taxes, and it still does not pay them. Today it has tucked its tail between its legs, sits and keeps quiet. But it is doing practically nothing to win.
Another threat is uncontrolled migration. We have prepared a corresponding document. I have sent it to you. It is based on the successful experience of Belarus. Lukashenko is running for election, and we are not just supporting him. He is not only an ally – he is our salvation from the point of view of geopolitics and strategic prospects. Belarus is among the five safest countries in the world. But its main achievement is socialization. There is no oligarchy, no organized crime, no thieves. The entire economy works for citizens – including on the basis of market relations. And we need to study this experience, disseminate it in our country.
A critical, but still unrecognized by many, threat is ecological. The situation with ecology, with climate change is simply outrageous. We have made our proposals, which were prepared by our comrades - Melnikov, Kashin, Afonin, Novikov, Savitskaya. All of them are actively involved in the problems of education, science, and upbringing. The ecological state of nature begins with the ecology of the soul of a person who interacts with nature. And it begins with upbringing and education.
Yesterday our chairman Volodin gave us a very good book by the French historian and sociologist Emmanuel Todd, "The Defeat of the West." I advise you to carefully read at least two chapters - "Why the Rest of the World Chose Russia" and "The Washington Gang." In 1976, Todd was the first to predict the destruction of the Soviet system and the Socialist Commonwealth. He is a smart, strong analyst. And he based his research on moral and ethical systemic conclusions, not statistical falsifications. He analyzes such indicators as mortality in general, infant mortality, alcoholism, and family relationships. And he concludes: if a system does not promote traditional values, does not rely on the achievements of the great Soviet era, it is doomed. So let's remember this and get out of this dead end together!
Our main priority is victory. And we will continue to work for it. I thank Kashin and our headquarters. We recently sent the 132nd convoy to the front. There are 200 thousand gifts there. Kolomeytsev personally sent 50 thousand. They will reach everyone - from the trenches and hospitals to the boarding school.
But I appeal to our talented journalists: show it! We welcome the fact that ministers also provide assistance to the front and the regions reunited with Russia. And that this is actively covered in the media. But why don’t they talk about how our deputy Kazbek Taysayev and our other comrades regularly go to Donbass? About how they literally reached every organization in the Kursk region that was subjected to a terrorist Nazi-Bandera attack. Show their faces! Tell us what they do! This topic cannot be privatized again exclusively in the interests of the authorities! This is abnormal.
Victory must become our common heritage. And, moving towards the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, we are obliged to ensure a new victory everywhere.
Returning to the main threats, one cannot help but mention the danger of preserving Yeltsin's legacy, which the "fifth column" is clinging to. A change of course is necessary, which largely relies on this legacy to this day. I insist that you consider this issue first and foremost. Our "Victory Program", with which Kharitonov went to the presidential elections and with which he traveled to all the regions, received unconditional support in society. It is based on the laws and bills we have developed, on deep scientific analysis, on vast historical experience.
I thank the Chairman of the State Duma, who yesterday supported our long-standing idea – to consider the law “Education for All”. It was prepared by Alferov, Melnikov, Smolin, Ostanina and other of our best specialists. This law has everything for the revival of domestic education, the great Russian-Soviet school. Let’s adopt it – and you will see what a rapid breakthrough it will lead to.
I would like to draw your attention to the children of war again. There are few of them left. But the issue of adequately supporting them is still being delayed. Although the costs required for this are minimal. Let's finally do it!
It is impossible not to mention the problems of housing and communal services. They have tormented everyone. It is high time to nationalize this sphere.
I live in a building where big bosses lived for over 40 years. And now the radiators are cold in the middle of winter, which has never happened before. Management companies everywhere are lining their pockets and do not want to respond to citizens' demands.
The experience of people's enterprises. I invite you once again: let's hold meetings at our Lenin State Farm, in Zvenigovskoye, in Usolye-Sibirskoye. And you will see how it is possible not to take a penny from the state, but at the same time have an excellent social package for workers, high salaries, the best kindergartens and schools, large families. Why are you ignoring this experience? I insist that you familiarize yourself with it!
And finally, the political system. The question of the political system is the most difficult, the most responsible. It is unacceptable to mutilate it! Let's invite Kiriyenko to the Duma again, if necessary. Let's discuss what is happening with our elections. They cannot be full-fledged if the voting procedure is divided into three or four days, and the vote counting is not actually controlled. Citizens demand full-fledged elections, and we are ready to defend this position!
We are preparing for the 80th anniversary of the Victory. We will hold our largest international forum in Moscow and Minsk dedicated to the fight against fascism and Nazism. More than a hundred countries will take part in it. And I am sure it will yield an exceptionally important result.
I wish everyone new victories, success, health and good luck in the new year!