Abstract promises are useless

Vladimir Putin in the videoconference held a meeting on measures to support the economy from the banks in a pandemic coronavirus.

The meeting was attended by heads of the largest Russian credit organizations.

The President said that we need to continue to help enterprises, they will not stop and pay staff salaries.

Assistance to citizens in the sphere of lending, he said, also need to be on time.

"About the decisions taken not only to announce, ladies and gentlemen. So you need to work out all the stages of their implementation, that help came in time so she could take advantage of those who really need it. The abstract promises that the lives of people not affected, nobody needs, and the effect of such decisions, from allocation of resources will be low".

The President stressed the need to preserve the stability of the banking system and to prevent the accumulation of bad debts, failures in work of credit organizations.

According to the head of the state, the banks have already taken on a serious load, including "the losses associated with the anti-crisis assistance to its customers".

"And you are largely to support measures worked effectively address came to everyone who needs", — Putin said.

The President stressed that the overall objective of the government and banks to minimize the negative impact of coronavirus in the economy.

In the world, according to the who, recorded over 2.47 million infected people, 169 thousand people died.

The number of cases of infection with coronavirus in Russia reached 62 773, 555 people died, 4891, the patient recovered. In recent days revealed 4774 new patients COVID-19 for 868 and 462 people less than 21 and 22 April, respectively.