Yakushev launched the United Russia election campaign

On February 5, Vladimir Yakushev, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia, announced the start of the party's election campaign.

"We can say that today, here in Chelyabinsk, a big start has been given to the United Russia party's election campaign in 2026," Yakushev said at the reporting and program forum of the regional branch of the party.

He stressed that the main task is to show voters the results of the party's work over the past five years and, through direct dialogue, to form a new national program with which United Russia will go to the State Duma elections.

"Our new program document should be lively, understandable, and understandable. And of course, in this document we must lay down our dreams for the future," Yakushev added.

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The focus of the deputies' attention is on supporting members of the SVR, large families and pensioners, combating cyberbullying and training new personnel.

On the same day, Alexander Mazhuga, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education, a deputy from United Russia, said that the volume of state funding for science in Russia is increasing by 150-200 billion rubles annually and has doubled since 2010. According to him, the main part of the funds is concentrated within the framework of the state program "Scientific and Technological development of the Russian Federation", the volume of which is steadily growing.