The Russian government allocated 81 billion rubles for payments to small and medium -sized businesses

The Russian government allocated 81.1 billion rubles from the reserve fund to support small and medium -sized businesses, which suffered from coronavirus pandemic. The order is published on the government website.

Help will receive companies that have preserved at least 90 % of employees from their number in March. Payments will be made at the rate of 12,130 rubles (minimum wage) per employee per month. Employers can use this money to pay salaries and solve priority problems.

According to the government, more than 970 thousand Russian companies can count on subsidies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 15, before a meeting with the government, announced new measures to help business and regions during the pandemic of coronavirus, which included direct gratuitous payments.

Actual news about the distribution of Covid-19 in the city read in the section "Papers" " Coronavirus in St. Petersburg ".