The Russian government will allocate almost 6 billion rubles for the restructuring of the coal industry in 2027–2029

The Russian government plans to allocate almost six billion rubles to a set of measures “Restructuring the coal industry” in 2027–2029.

8.147 billion rubles are allocated to finance the federal project “Implementation of local development and employment programs for mining towns and villages (restructuring of the coal industry).”

The number of employees in the coal industry will decrease to 144.5 thousand people in 2027 from 145 thousand in 2026.

MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. The Government of the Russian Federation plans to allocate almost six billion rubles for a set of measures “Restructuring the coal industry” in 2027-2029, as follows from the passport of the Russian state program “Energy Development”.

The program passport was published among the documents submitted by the government to the State Duma during the budget process.

According to the document, the volume of financing for the complex of measures “Restructuring the Coal Industry” in 2026 is estimated at 1.492 billion rubles, in 2027 - at 1.945 billion rubles, in 2028 - 1.954 billion, in 2029 - 2.067 billion rubles.

In total, it is planned to allocate 5.966 billion rubles over three years. A total of 17.721 billion rubles can be allocated from 2022 to 2029.

8.147 billion rubles are allocated to finance the federal project “Implementation of local development and employment programs for mining towns and villages (restructuring of the coal industry).”