GENEVA, 18 Sep, Elizaveta Isakova. The Swiss canton of Geneva is completing the calculation of the cost of the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, the total amount may exceed $ 10 million, the head of the press service of the region's leadership Emmanuel Cueno told RIA Novosti. and very soon will be sent to the Federal authorities, with which the Canton of Geneva is closely cooperating on this issue, «he said. Cueno added that earlier the Council of State of Geneva announced preliminary data on spending on the summit in response to an urgent request from the MP from the Socialist Party Sylvan Tevoz. According to preliminary estimates, which were published in the media, the implementation of security during the summit cost 5.176 million francs. These are expenses for the work of the cantonal police, security services from neighboring cantons, their accommodation and transport, excluding the involvement of the military and civil protection services. Part of these expenses will be covered by the Federal Police.
The expert called the advantages of the villa, where the Russia-USA summit will be held. Another 222 658 francs were spent on protocol services, 518 thousand were worth compensating for the downtime of one day of work of various organizations that were located in the security perimeter of the summit. Here, part of the spending will also be borne by the federal authorities. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will take over 3 million francs, which were spent on transportation and catering for the journalists who covered the summit. “As you understand, these are only preliminary estimates. the totals may well increase by 10-15%. When the calculations are completed, they will be sent to the Federal authorities at the end of September, «added Cueno.
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