Mishustin's Cabinet agenda Pensions, resorts and grants

Oct 7

Shishkin covers today's Cabinet meeting, including Mishustin's birthday greeting to Putin. He describes Donbas militia and people's-militia veterans from 2014 lacking service records; Mishustin presents a bill giving an interagency commission additional powers to verify undocumented military/equivalent service for pensions. The reporter attributes the initiative to Putin, without claiming parliamentary enactment. Mishustin describes nearly three billion rubles for utility networks and roads at Lago-Naki, Magic Baikal and Zavidovo, not completed construction. Two government-established science scholarships, Kurchatov and Alexandrov, cover physics/radiochemistry and nuclear/electrical/thermal power engineering. Monthly payments are 30,000 rubles for students and 50,000 for postgraduates, with academic/research eligibility, ministry competition and Kurchatov Institute support; first recipients are to be selected this year.

Mishustin announces government-established Kurchatov and Alexandrov schemes for physics/radiochemistry and nuclear, electrical and thermal power engineering research. The report gives monthly 30,000-ruble student and 50,000-ruble postgraduate payments, competitive ministry selection and Kurchatov Institute support. First recipients are to be selected this year, not already identified.