© RIA Novosti. Maksim Bogodvid

Government to allocate additional funding for Northern and Far Eastern airports

The Russian government will allocate an additional 117 million rubles from the federal budget to support 33 civilian airports and landing strips in Yakutia and the Magadan Region.

The funding, announced on the government’s website, will be distributed as part of the federal project “Ensuring the Accessibility of Air Transport Services.” This initiative falls under the broader state program for the Transport System Development.