According to the head of state, it is likely that it will not be easy to include additional expenditures in the adopted budget.

"But the idea itself is a good one. The mechanism is simple – you need money for the table. Siluanov said: "Give me the money." He will now cry: "There is no money," Putin joked.

The Russian president said earlier that the country's authorities are working to increase scholarships for graduate students and mentioned a new payment of 75 thousand rubles for priority research.

On Wednesday, November 29, Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with young scientists at the Sirius Park of Science and Art. Prior to that, the head of state inspected the exhibition within the framework of the III Congress of Young Scientists. RT is broadcasting live.