At the end of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that at least 1,000 cultural heritage objects should be restored across Russia by 2030. It is proposed to combine two programs of preferential lending to achieve greater results.
The president called historic buildings and monuments “the embodiment of national identity.”
“I propose the following solution, namely - to combine the resources of two programs of preferential lending for the creation of tourist infrastructure and the preservation of objects of cultural heritage” - said the President.