Russian President admitted that since
financial support had not been enough, it was impossible "to do a lot
within a year or two, or even three".
SEVASTOPOL,
August 19. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry
Medvedev at a meeting with scientists and public figures in the Crimean city of
Sevastopol emphasized the need to step up the work to restore cultural
facilities in the region.
"We
understand perfectly well that Crimea and Sevastopol have not been receiving
enough financial support for decades," Medvedev said at the meeting.
"Our goal is to focus on restoring cultural facilities in Sevastopol, and
Crimea in general, in order to ensure that they are at the same level with such
facilities in other Russian regions," he added.
The prime
minister also pointed out that "the budget is rather a complicated thing,
the government never has much money." "But taking into account the
historical decision concerning Crimea’s reunification with Russia and in
accordance with the president’s instructions, we will try to assess the issues
that have been pointed out in order to provide financing to the programs [aimed
at supporting Crimea and Sevastopol]," Medvedev said. Besides, in his
words, significant amounts of money are planned to be allocated in accordance
with the program dubbed Russian Culture.
Putin, in
turn, thanked participants in the meeting for their years-long fruitful
activities. He admitted that since financial support had not been enough, it was
impossible "to do a lot within a year or two, or even three."
"However, together we will do it," the president said.
Putin added
that finding solutions to many problems mentioned at the meeting "requires
much time, but it still needs to be done." "The work has been
underway, but we would like to step it up, provided that does not lower the
quality of work," he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS 19-08-2017
