“Apparently, we did get to the right places, not without problems, not without breakdowns, but still we got to the right places, including direct payments to families with children, increase in unemployment benefits, write-off of tax payments, placement of additional orders for enterprises of key industries and a number of other measures, ”Putin said.
He noted that the volume, scope, scale of support for citizens and business during the epidemic became unprecedented for Russia.
Putin emphasized that the support measures have helped to substantially alleviate the severity of the crisis.
RT broadcasted Putin’s speech.