In Russia came into force a second package of measures to support citizens and the economy

MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. In Russia launched a second package of measures to support the citizens and economy, said Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

“its implementation has already allocated hundreds of billions of rubles. It is important that these substantial funds as soon as possible to reach specific recipients: families with children, the unemployed, small and medium enterprises. People don’t want loud statements, and direct financial assistance,” he said at a meeting of the Presidium of the coordination Council of the government for combating coronavirus.

the First package included assistance for socially unprotected citizens, as well as small, medium and micro-enterprises are the most affected by the coronavirus.

the Second package involves:

— support of regional budgets (in the Federal budget reserved 171 billion rubles).

— support of employment (for this plan to allocate 150 billion rubles, which will go on short-term conditional loans and soft loans to small and medium businesses);.

— additional steps to ensure the stability of the economy (reducing property taxes for landlords, etc.);.

delay of penalties for representatives of small and medium businesses in the most affected industries;.

— automatic renewal of permits and licenses a number of enterprises;.

the moratorium on inspections social NPOs;.

— measures of support for strategic enterprises.

— the expansion of the program of interest-free lending to banks, including medium and large enterprises from affected industries;.

— additional payments to physicians and exempting these payments from income tax.

Parallel to the preparation of the third package, said Mishustin.

today in Russia, the coronavirus has infected 87 147 people, 794 of those infected died, 7346 recovered.