MOSCOW, May 10. The accumulated financial reserves have helped Russia get through difficult years, and they cannot be abandoned, stated candidate for the post of head of the Russian government Mikhail Mishustin during his speech in the State Duma.
«As for the proposal to abandon the budget rule and the savings of the National Welfare Fund… This is the same as abandoning reserves, this is such a delicate point. I cannot agree with this. This was already in the 90s, when they lived in the hope that the West will not give up and will help. And today, I hope that no one has any illusions on this score. I hope that we need to do everything here on our own, and the accumulated reserves from the same National Welfare Fund helped us get through. crises of 2009, 2014, the pandemic (Covid — ed.), 2022,” he said.
«We from the National Welfare Fund took budget support, so to speak, at this difficult moment. Can you imagine if we had to cut all the programs? It would be a very complicated story,» he added.
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