“Yes, it is entrusted to submit proposals,” RIA Novosti quoted Peskov as saying.
Earlier, the newspaper Kommersant reported that Putin actually approved the project for the construction of an automobile bridge across the Lena River in the Yakutsk region.
According to the publication, Putin put on a letter in which the head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, asks to include in the budget funds for the project, a resolution: “The situation has matured before implementation.”
Putin also instructed the government to make a proposal.
The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, confirmed that approval of the construction of a bridge across the Lena River near Yakutsk was received from federal authorities.
The deputy director of the Institute of History and Politics of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, Vladimir Shapovalov, in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today” called the highway bridge across the Lena River in the Yakutsk region not only a long-awaited, but also a breakthrough infrastructure project for the Far East.