Russia is cutting development programs for northern ports, throwing money at Crimea
Moscow - Simferopol, April 17 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The Russian government is discussing the sequestration of state funding for the Murmansk transport hub by 75% and the direction of the released 31,5 billion rubles. for the development of ports in the Azov-Black Sea basin of Russia and Crimea.
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One of Kommersant’s government interlocutors noted that it is proposed to transfer funds to “priority transport projects in the Azov-Black Sea region.” We are talking about the development of railway approaches to ports (Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Taman, etc.) and sea ports of Crimea (Feodosia, Sevastopol, Kerch), he added.
A source in Rosneft, which was reported to be interested in control of the Murmansk transport hub, confirms that the government has raised the issue of reducing investment.
The head of the Infoline-Analytics agency, Mikhail Burmistrov, believes that a review of the project portfolio with the participation of the budget is inevitable. Crimea requires large-scale financing of infrastructure projects and will not be inferior in importance to the state to preparations for the Olympics in Sochi, he is sure.
Russia is cutting back on its northern port development programs, throwing money at Crimea.