1 Dec 2022 15:37

Consolidated budget to spend 1 trln rubles on culture by 2025 - Russian Deputy PM Golikova

MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - The overall allocations from Russia's consolidated budget for culture will reach 1 trillion rubles by 2025, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said.

"The national project's implementation over recent years has seen an increase, which may be called inconsiderable, but still stands at least 30%, in the allotments for culture from the consolidated budget. We will near the 1 trillion mark in allocations for culture from the consolidated budget by 2025," Golikova said at the Federation Council on Thursday.

Russia is actively working to implement the national project, known as Culture, Golikova said. The project budget stands at 215 billion rubles, including 189 billion from the federal budget.