The Russian authorities can provide direct material assistance in the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19. About it the press Secretary of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said on air of the TV channel RTVI.
Official Kremlin spokesman, as reported by “the Rambler”, was a guest of the Studio RTVI yesterday. Asked excluded any possibility of the Russians providing direct material assistance during a pandemic coronavirus infection and the resulting crisis.
“the Assistance can be either direct or indirect, and no one knows that better…” he replied.
According to Peskov, all support measures taken by the authorities still aimed to give economic life a chance to continue.
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In mid-April, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said that the distribution to citizens of helicopter money, that is just used only in an extreme case, and the authorities of Russia today there are other instruments to support the population.
In December, China started the outbreak of disease infection COVID-19, which causes the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In March, the world health organization (who) declared the outbreak a pandemic. According to recent reports, globally the number of cases exceeded 3.1 million.
