Yakunin asked Medvedev 45 billion rubles for Russian Railways

To ensure traffic safety and the financial stability of Russian Railways, an indexation of the tariff is necessary in 2015 by 10% and the earnings of 45 billion rubles. This is stated in a letter to the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reports.

Under such conditions, the company predicts to receive a profit of 0.2 billion rubles in 2015 and finance the investment program in the amount of 391.6 billion rubles.

When indexing tariffs by 7.2%, as it is planned now, and the lack of state support, the company's loss will be 60 billion rubles, which will lead to a massive reduction in personnel, Yakunin noted.

He also added that the 12.9 billion rubles stipulated in the budget will provide only half of the passenger transportation compared to 2014.

According to Yakunin, if the subsidies remain at this level, the “Federal Passenger Company”, the daughter of Russian Railways, will be forced to reduce the volume of the trains sent, close a number of enterprises and reduce each third employee.