Task;"Measures required"
"Dramatically reduce the non-market sector, including public and quasi-public companies that are mainly guided by non-market incentives";"1. Before December 1, 2012, ensure development and implementation of noncore asset divestment plans by companies in which the Russian Federation has at least a 50% stake (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
;"2. Before March 1, 2013, analyze the efficiency of companies “consolidated” by the government (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
;"3. Implement a privatization program (budget revenues contemplated by the Federal Budget Law were RUB 728 billion in 2012-2013; actual revenues were RUB 86 billion)."
;"4. Before 2016, complete the exit of the state from companies in the nonprimary materials sector that are not affiliated with natural monopolies or the defense complex (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
;"5. Restrict the acquisition of shares and stakes in business entities by companies in which the state has a major stake (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
;"6. Reduce political or non-commercial instructions from the government to public companies."
"Motivate the executives of agencies and regions to support economic growth";"Before September 1, 2012, submit an RF Presidential Decree draft on implementing a system to evaluate the efficiency of executives at federal executive authorities (FEAs) and the subjects of the Russian Federation based on qualitative and quantitative indicators of the investment climate (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
"Create feedback in the evaluation of regional and local authorities";"1. Before September 1, 2012, move a bill in the State Duma on extending the list of elected municipal positions (RF Presidential Decree No. 601)."
;"2. Before January 1, 2013, amend Russian law to incorporate criteria and procedures (including via telecommunication networks and information technologies) for the population to evaluate the efficiency of executives for regional FEAs, their organizational units, and local authorities (RF Presidential Decree No. 601)."
"Redistribute a portion of the authorities and budget resources to the regions, enhance local administrations";"Substantially reduce federal influence on the activities of subnational authorities:"
;"• increase financial autonomy at each level of authority;"
;"• restore conditions for local administration;"
;"• augment the role of competition as an economic growth incentive."
;"(Mau and Kuzminov, 2013. Ch. 23)"
"Eliminate the disincentive of inter-budget transfer distribution mechanisms";"1. Increase the share of objectively calculated subsidies to level off fiscal capacity."
;"2. Gradually switch to objective methods of transfer distribution to municipalities."
"Enhance property protection";"1. Before October 1, 2012, submit proposals to implement the principle of independence and objectivity in court decisions (RF Presidential Order No. 596)."
;"2. Before December 1, 2012, amend Russian Federation law to rule out the possibility of resolving business disputes through criminal prosecution (RF Presidential Order No. 596)."
"Reduce administrative control over business activities";"1. Before January 1, 2013, replace excessive and/or inefficient administrative mechanisms of government supervision in certain industries with alternative market mechanisms, including liability insurance (RF Presidential Order No. 601)."
;"2. Introduce the presumption of innocence principle for businesses; switch from supervision on the part of executive authorities to damage reimbursement solutions within civil law (Mau and Kuzminov, 2013. Ch. 18)."
"Evaluate the efficiency of development institutions and reform them if necessary";"Their activities have been broken into many scattered projects lately, in some cases not directly related to innovations (Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, 2013)."
"Enhance competition in domestic markets";"1. Increase the actual weight of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service, focusing it on eliminating market-entry barriers and countering the monopolistic activities of large companies."
;"2. Continue reforming natural monopolies."
"Dismantle the existing system of “soft budget constraints” (“industrial paternalism”)";"Discontinue government support for inefficient companies, eliminate barriers for insolvent companies to exit the market."
"Abandon paternalistic social policies";"In particular, improve the targeting of social aid, which should be provided based on the population's needs (Budgetary Presidential Address for 2014–2016*)."
"Utilize state economic reserve funds";"1. Beginning in 2013, introduce mandatory technology and price audits for all large-scale investment projects with public involvement (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
;"2. Before June 1, 2012, prepare a report on the implementation of measures for the mandatory public review of procurement orders for state and municipal needs for amounts exceeding RUB 1 billion (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
"Enhance competition in the government procurement sector";"Before December 1, 2012, create mechanisms to attract foreign organizations possessing advanced technology to participate in road construction tenders (RF Presidential Decree No. 596)."
"Implement further reforms in public sectors";"Education, healthcare, law enforcement, and other reforms."
"Increase the overall effectiveness of public expenditures";"Among the main reserves for optimizing federal budget expenditures, the following were noted in the Presidential Budgetary Address for 2014–2016a:"
;"• ensuring long-term balance in the pension system with a gradual reduction of subsidies from the federal budget to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;"
;"• streamlining government procurement;"
;"• streamlining federal institutions and the number of public-sector employees. These changes should be implemented following careful preparation as part of the reforms to improve public sector efficiency."