During a meeting with members of the government, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the inadmissibility of plundering funds for the construction of a spaceport.

“In total, it was stolen, it was established that 11 billion rubles were stolen. 3.5 billion rubles returned. In total, 91 billion rubles were allocated for the construction of the cosmodrome, of which 66 billion were spent, ”said Peskov.

According to him, at the moment, out of 19 objects at the spaceport, the construction of five objects has not been completed. A total of 32 people were convicted.

Earlier, Putin demanded that the government prevent the misuse of budget funds, as was the case in the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, where theft, "he said," amounts to hundreds of millions of rubles. "