Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov signed the decree about appropriation of funds to support Russian compatriots living abroad.
According to city administration`s information, in 2006 Moscow authority are going to appropriate 187 million rubles for this aims. 74 million rubles are to be appropriated for Russian language, culture and education support.
Public organizations and Russian Diaspora associations are to receive 41 million rubles, 32 million ruble are to go for medical service for counterparts, 15 million rubles are to go for small-scale business development by Russians abroad. Moscow appropriates 12,5 million rubles for informational collaboration between Russian Diasporas in different countries.
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