Govt to buy bonds of 3 airlines with 17 bln rbl from wealth fund

MOSCOW, Jun 2 (PRIME) -- The Russian government will purchase bonds of Ural Airlines, Siberia and Aurora using 17 billion rubles from the National Wealth Fund to support the air carriers, the government’s press service said in a statement on Thursday.

Of the toral,13.7 billion rubles will be spent on bonds of Siberia, almost 3 billion rubles on Ural Airlines, and 366 million rubles on Aurora.

(61.4733 rubles – U.S. $1)

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