“We will approve the distribution of inter-budget transfers for this year between 74 regions - a total of more than 39 billion rubles, we will send for large infrastructure projects in the constituent entities of the Federation,” RIA Novosti quotes Medvedev as saying.
Also, at a government meeting, Medvedev said that the Cabinet will send nearly 6 billion rubles from the reserve fund to extinguish forest fires in several regions.
He added that the Amur region affected by the flood will receive an additional 600 million rubles.