The following measures were announced:

∙           To add non-food products companies to the list of most affected industries.

∙           To provide small and medium enterprises with direct complimentary aid from the state - RUR 12.1 thousand per employee (the condition for receiving this aid shall be to keep at least 90% of the staff as of April 1). The money will go to pay salaries in April-May.

∙           To provide at least 75% of the wage loans with guarantees of VEB.

∙           To provide with a new special loan product - a soft loan to business to replenish working capital. The rate will be subsidized by the Government in the amount of 6% of the Central Bank's key rate. Half of the loans will be secured by state guarantees.

∙           To allocate more than 23 billion rubles to support aviation companies.

∙           To finalise the list of systemically important enterprises with clear and transparent criteria.

∙           To work out separate support measures for each of the basic support sectors of the economy.

∙           To allocate 200 billion rubles to ensure sustainability and balance of regional budgets.