PM: Government to make decisions for Putin’s orders on Thursday

MOSCOW, Jun 25 (PRIME) -- The Russian government will make the decisions for the fulfillment of the latest orders by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said.

"I want to start the government meeting today with the initiatives that the president announced in his address on Tuesday, and the main initiatives, from people support till the development of economy… we will make the decisions on them today, the ones we need to fulfill the presidential orders," Mishustin said.

He added that the measures cover help to the families with children, prolongation of payments to the healthcare and social workers fighting against COVID-19, extension of cut-rate mortgage.

The government will spend 20 billion rubles on subsidies to companies to replenish the stock of virus protection means, he also said.

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