MOSCOW, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Following are the highlights of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's annual address to the federal assembly on Thursday:

HOW TO MOVE RUSSIA FORWARD

"We will create a new economy instead of a primitive resource-oriented economy ... We will become a society of free, clever and responsible people, instead of being an archaic society where leaders decide for people."

"We haven't managed to get rid of the primitive structure of our economy, from a primitive resource dependency ... The competitiveness of our production is shamefully low."

ON POLITICAL SYSTEM

"In future we must get rid of the requirement for parties to collect signatures to secure access to elections."

"Any attempts to rock the situation with democratic slogans, to destabilise the state and split society, will be stopped."