OREANDA-NEWS. April 23, 2012. Head of Karelia Andrei Nelidov has presented the Legislative Assembly of the republic the report on results of activity of the Government of Karelia in 2011.

Starting his speech, Andrei Nelidov has told that earlier he discussed the report with members of the Public Chamber, trade unions, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Besides, the report was assessed by economists of Karelian Research Centre. "It is an absolutely new form of participation of the society in governance of the republic, and it has yielded positive results," – Andrei Nelidov has mentioned. Opinions and offers stated during these meetings Head of Karelia has included in the report in order to discuss them together with deputies of the Legislative Assembly.

Characterizing results of the year, Andrei Nelidov has pointed out that the government does not consider results of its work as a break-through in social and economic sphere, though beleives that the strategy chosen has already provided some progress. Budget revenues are 11% up, capital investment has grown, the ratio of the official debt of the region to the volume of budget revenue generated within the republic has decreased. Last year Karelia has performed all of its social obligations, during the year salaries and emoluments in the public sector were indexed twice, modernization of public health services and education was conducted successfully.

Deputies, in turn, asked Head of Karelia many sharp questions. Elected representatives of the people were interested to learn more about specific enterprises, municipal formations, road and forest industries. Andrei Nelidov has answered all of them, having given a detailed account of the most sharp of them, and has also encharged heads of ministries and departments present at the meeting with a number of tasks.