“Russian regions will receive funds to support the stability of budgetary systems,” the message says.

They noted that it is about the allocation of 80 billion rubles.

"They will be distributed in 39 regions, which have reduced revenues to the budget revenues due to the pandemic," the government added.

As the Cabinet of Ministers recalled, in 2020 more than 200 billion rubles have already been allocated to balancing regional budgets.

Earlier, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov noted that the budget expenditures of the country in 2021 associated with the pandemic will total 2 trillion rubles.