“To the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation V.G.

Savelyev to take personal control over the implementation of the program of partial compensation of carriers' expenses for passenger air transportation within the country," the message on the Cabinet's website says.

The government also approved a project to allocate funds to Rosavtodor for road activities.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced the allocation of 100 billion rubles to Russian airlines to partially offset the cost of flights within the country.