Roscosmos to coordinate new GLONASS programme with ministries.

MOSCOW, July 28 (Itar-Tass) -- The Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos)
plans to coordinate funding for the GLONASS programme until 2020 within
days, Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin said.
"Practically all questions have been solved, and we will finalise the
programme in July or early August at the latest," he said.
Roscosmos requested 402 billion roubles for the programme until 2020.
It is now negotiating with the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Economic
Development, and the Industry and Trade Ministry.
Russia's satellite navigation system GLONASS will be restored in 2011,
Popovkin said earlier.
"We will restore it this year. I have no doubt about that," he said in
an interview with Russia Today last week. "We plan to get GLONASS
certified by all international organisations so that it could be used in
full and thus get access to all international markets," he added.