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Free medical care no longer exists in practice in Russia. This seems to have been acknowledged by Minister of Public Health Yury Shevchenko. The Ministry of Public Health has stated that there must be a legal structure for a fee-based medical service while the poor continue to receive free treatment.

The socioeconomic development of Russia is evaluated. Specific proposals for changes in immigration, military, health-care and educational policy are suggested to accelerate the structural reforms adopted.

The rising number of children born out of wedlock, the orphans and the meager Medical facilities in Russia are examined.

The inauguration of a new medical institution by Mikhail Ulyanov, a famous actor, and Yury Luzhkov, the Mmayor of Moscow symbolized the beginning of a new type of private medical care in Moscow City. The building was built by the Union of Theater Workers and leased to the Medicine Joint-stock company, which will manage the facility. The project will involve billions of rubles and will be entirely financed by private capital. The employees of the Medicine Joint-Stock Company and the members of the Theater's Union will receive free medical treatment at the polyclinic.