Moscow. May 1. INTERFAX.RU — the Russian Government has allocated 500 million rubles for the provision of social support to Russian citizens residing abroad and temporarily unable to return home due pandemic COVID-19.
the Corresponding decree dated 30 April, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail mishustina posted Friday on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Control over the use of funds entrusted to the foreign Ministry.
yesterday at a meeting of the government Mishustin reported that the Russian government will allocate additional funds to help the Russians, who due coronaviruses are unable to return home from other countries, but the amount was not named.
the Funds can also be spent on the extension of visas and other documents on the basis of which people are in a foreign country.
In early April, the Russian government has allocated 500 million rubles for assisting Russians stranded abroad due coronaviruses.
Then Mishustin reported that, in the first place, the allocated funds will pay for temporary housing compatriots on the territory of foreign States, because “not all of them can now handle it themselves.”
on April 27, the Federal air transport Agency said that more than 172 thousand Russians have returned home export flights with March 20.
