“The government has decided to expand the program to support private investment in these regions.

Now it will be possible to apply for a soft loan for a project that will provide at least 250 jobs, with the obligatory condition to complete it on schedule," TASS quoted him as saying.

He drew attention to the fact that the state compensates more than half of the key rate this year.

“We will allocate about 30 billion rubles for such purposes.

We hope that the new measure will help companies not to stop their investment plans in these territories, and the established enterprises will be able to provide more than 30,000 new jobs,” Mishustin said.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the tourist cashback for trips to the Far East should be doubled.