Ministry: Budget spending on national projects at 68.8% of plan

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (PRIME) -- Russia’s federal spending on the national projects amounted to 1.992 trillion rubles and stood at 68.8% of the annual plan as of October 1, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Spending on the Science and Universities project led with 81.5% of the plan, the Culture project met the plan by 81.2%, the Demography by 74.7%, and the Labor Productiveness by 69.5%.

(100.4911 rubles – U.S. $1)

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