Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch the construction of three Russian-language secondary schools in Kyrgyzstan, via a video link in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region, Russia September 1, 2023.
Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 1 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said Russia planned to allocate 1.9 trillion roubles ($20 billion) from the federal budget over the next two-and-a-half years to the development of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow last year declared to be part of its territory.
Moscow does not control any of the regions in its entirety and the unilateral annexation has been recognised by only a handful of countries allied to Russia, while being condemned by Ukraine and three-quarters of U.N. member states.
($1 = 95.5020 roubles)(This story has been corrected to say trillion, not billion, in the headline)Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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