Sobyanin - about Moscow and the pandemic, the participation of Russians in the elections. The main thing for the night

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Sobyanin on the cost of the pandemic and the urban planning system

According to the mayor's office, last year the city received less than 200-250 billion rubles. income, the mayor said. In addition, over a year and a half, the authorities spent another 350 billion rubles. to fight the pandemic, including treatment, social support and business assistance.

Direct payments to support citizens and businesses, deferral of rental payments, tax preferences cost the capital's budget 100 billion rubles. When asked if these measures are enough, Sobyanin replied that the main goal in supporting business is “not to distribute money, but to give an opportunity to work.” He explained that as soon as the situation allowed, the authorities canceled the QR code system in the capital (required for access to bars and restaurants, with the exception of summer verandas), and now the business is “catching up”. According to Sobyanin, at the end of the year, public catering can reach the level of 2019 if there are no new restrictions. Moscow no longer needs a rigid "Soviet" general plan: the authorities plan to move to an updated master plan for the city, the mayor also said. He considers the urban planning system "hypertrophied" and "unmanageable" due to the large number of documents of various levels that exist. Sergei Sobyanin — RBC: “We can’t clean up the virus like in China” Politics