Russia to spend $3 bln on Crimea development in 2015 - finance minister

MOSCOW, July 3 /ITAR-TASS/. The Russian government will spend 100 billion rubles (about $3 billion) in 2015 on Crimea’s development, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday. This sum will include expenditures on the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait to link mainland Russia and the Black Sea peninsula, the finance minister said. The program of Crimea’s development is at the stage of approval at relevant ministries and will be submitted to the government soon, the finance minister said. Learn more on itar-tass.com