Finance minister pledges to spend 3 tln rbl on regional '21 aid

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (PRIME) -- The Russian Finance Ministry pledges additional support to regions in 2021, on top of 3.1 trillion rubles stipulated by the budget, Minister Anton Siluanov told the Federation Council upper house on Wednesday.

"We hope, I am even sure that the aid to the regions of the Russian Federation will increase next year. We will consider the question of the amount during budget fulfillment. But we will monitor the situation with fulfillment of the regional budgets in detail and of course, we will provide help with fulfillment of the first priority obligations," Siluanov said.

The budget envisages 3.1 trillion rubles of inter-budget transfers in 2021, 2.8 trillion rubles in 2022 and 2.9 trillion rubles in 2023.

(76.3203 rubles – U.S. $1)

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