The Ministry of Transport proposed solving the problem of electric trains at the expense of the anti -crisis fund

The Ministry of Transport of Russia proposed to allocate 8.8 billion rubles from the anti -crisis government of the government to reimburse losses to Russian railways related to the financing of suburban trains. The corresponding draft of the Cabinet of Ministers is published on the official portal Regulation.gov.ru .

To cover losses from the trains of the state monopoly, 15 billion rubles are not enough this year, taking into account compensations from the federal and regional budgets, TASS reported earlier. In addition to money from the government fund, the Ministry of Transport advises to return the discount for passenger companies in the amount of 99% of the cost of using Russian Railways infrastructure.

The benefit was reduced to 75% from the beginning of 2015, that is, the tariff was increased 25 times. The return of the previous discount will release an additional 8 billion rubles, said the head of the Department of Management of the Passenger Transportation Department of Russian Railways, Gennady Verkhovy on February 6.

The White House also examines the option with a decrease in VAT for suburban carriers from 18% to a level of 0% to 10%, RBC sources in the government told RBC.

“The anti -crisis fund is likely to be enough for a year, and the Ministry of Transport does not offer a systemic solution to the problem with electric trains in the budgets of the regions. What Russian Railways fund will take money next year? " -said one of the interlocutors of the agency from the financial and economic bloc of the government.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 300 electric trains in 37 regions of Russia were canceled due to losses of carrier companies. After on February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the officials of the Government of the Russian Federation for the cancellation of routes, the electric trains were restored.

The anti -crisis fund for emergency needs of the government in the amount of 166 billion rubles was formed from the money saved due to the freezing of pension savings in 2015 and the remnants of budget allocations over the past year.

In 2011, Russian Railways completely transferred the direction of suburban transportation by regional suburban passenger companies (PPCs), which are jointly owned by the State Monopolis and the regional authorities. The “holes” in the budgets of unprofitable PPCs, as a rule, are closed at the expense of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, who, in some cases, refused to allocate amounts required by Russian Railways, accusing the corporation of the opacity of expenses.