OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2009. It can be reminded that the Russian parliament supported the decision to grant the loan to Moldova on July 3 and the Federation Council –on July 7, respectively.

In particular, the deputies approved amendments to the Federal Law "On the Federal Budget for 2009 and the planned period 2010-2011".

As the Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Dmitry Pankin has noted, the allocation of the loan to Moldova will be possible due to reallocation of the funds within the State Loans Program.

The loan was allocated at the request of the Government and the President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin. During the meeting with the head of Moldovan state on June 22 in Moscow, the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed readiness of Russia to allocate the abovementioned loan to our country.