Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop and approve the action plan for the conservation, revival and development of folk arts and crafts. Document published on the Kremlin website on Wednesday, may 10.
In particular, the Cabinet instructed to create conditions for increasing procurement of legal entities “of products of national art crafts of recognized artistic value, the samples of which are registered in the prescribed manner”.
In addition, the government should develop a procedure for the use of such products in the programmes of additional education and upbringing of children, as well as in the development of domestic and inbound tourism.
Term development and approval of the road map — August 31. Responsible for the performance of the appointed head of the government Dmitry Medvedev.
It is noted that the head of state gave relevant instructions after a meeting with businessmen of the Novgorod region, which was held on April 18. Then Putin promised to speed up work on introduction of quotas in the framework of public procurement for enterprises that are engaged in Handicrafts. “Of course, this is something that requires support from the state, without her crafts simply cease to exist in the modern world. It’s part of our cultural code”, — quotes the President TASS.