Vladimir Putin previously backed deploying UN
peacekeepers to Donbass.
MOSCOW,
September 15. /TASS/. Russia will not halt humanitarian assistance to
Donbass residents, though a certain restructuring in this arrangement is
underway, Kremlin Spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said, commenting on information
published by RBC that starting from 2019, the Russian government would suspend
"humanitarian assistance to certain territories" in favor of
financing projects in Crimea and Kaliningrad. These "certain
territories" were construed to allegedly refer to Donbass, RBC said.
"We have not been considering, nor will we consider refusing humanitarian assistance to the residents of Donbass," the press secretary affirmed. "For humanitarian reasons, Russia will continue taking care of those people, who were torn by the civil war in their own country."
"There is a certain re-allotment, but that does not mean there will be any cuts in favor of others," he noted. "We are speaking only about structuring.
"We have not been considering, nor will we consider refusing humanitarian assistance to the residents of Donbass," the press secretary affirmed. "For humanitarian reasons, Russia will continue taking care of those people, who were torn by the civil war in their own country."
"There is a certain re-allotment, but that does not mean there will be any cuts in favor of others," he noted. "We are speaking only about structuring.
RBC
reported earlier on Friday, referring to its sources, the self-proclaimed
Republics DPR and LPR from 2019 may receive less assistance from the Russian
budget - those resources may be used to finance construction and modernization
of infrastructures in Crimea and Kaliningrad. The Finance Ministry was ordered
to make respective changes to the draft budget for 2018-2019.
