Northwest Russian governors told to cope with crisis
There will be no more easy money from the federal government, First Deputy Governor Viktor Zubkov underlined in his meeting with regional governors from Northwest Russia.
In his meeting with Northwest Russian governors last Friday, Viktor Zubkov called on the regional leaders to cut spending and follow up anti-crisis measures the next two years, newspaper Kommersant reports. –There will be no more easy money, he underlined. The negative perspectives were highlighted also by presidential aide to Northwest Russia Ilya Klebanov who said that the region is “seriously suffering from crisis”. He explained the situation with the region’s high level of export-orientation and dependence of industrial production Several of the governors, meanwhile, expressed protest against what they see as bad priorities of crisis money. Valery Serdyukov from Leningrad Oblast said the government’s crisis money are not reaching the regions. Kaliningrad Governor Georgy Boos criticized the government for reducing investments in infrastructure, which he believed will lead to serious setbacks in trade.
