MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
In an interview with the Russian state-owned TV Channel One aired on Sunday, Medvedev said it was important to stimulate these areas to make the Russian economy rely not only on oil and gas but also on high technologies.
"I have formulated top five priorities... They include energy efficiency because we waste too much energy; information products, both ground- and space-based; nuclear energy, which has always been our trump card and can change life for the better, and pharmaceuticals as we must produce our own medicinal drugs qualitatively and at affordable prices," Medvedev said.
Medvedev said that it was also necessary to modernize other sectors of the domestic economy.
"Of course, we must deal with the modernization of our social sphere and political system. We are now reforming the pension system. A whole range of new social laws are coming into force. Next year, large funds have been set aside to finance the pension system," Medvedev said.