Kudrin: Russia will provide South Ossetia to restore billions of rubles

Several billion rubles will be allocated this year to restore South Ossetia, in particular, Tskhinvali, on Monday said Vice-Premier, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin.

"This year, if the need arises, 2-3 billion, how much is detected, then we will clarify the budget in 2008", - said Kudrin.

Kudrin recalled that ozvuchennye Prime Minister Vladimir Putin 10 billion rubles for the restoration of Tskhinvali are only the first stage in the future, these amounts may be refined. Therefore, he did not rule out that the funds allocated in 2008, where necessary, be in excess of the sum of 10 billion rubles, which laid the federal budget for the years 2009-2011.

Kudrin noted that the application of 10 billion rubles "for two weeks will be evaluated further", ITAR-TASS.

Referring to allocate 500 million rubles North Ossetia, Alexei Kudrin noted that these funds are allocated from the fund to balance budgets and give members of the Russian Federation "with a certain reserve". "We focus on this resource", - said Kudrin.