Kudrin called subsidies an alternative to price regulation in Russia

He said this in an interview with RBC.

Kudrin said that we are talking about subsidies for especially needy categories of citizens.

He noted that he is wary of government measures to regulate prices.

“When there is a shock or a peak of a negative phenomenon, it is possible and reasonable.

But the effect of such measures within three or four months is already fraught with other imbalances, ”he warned.

Kudrin also said that the government is working on social support measures that can halve the level of poverty in Russia.