Deputies of the Legislative Assembly discussed the implementation of the regional law on certain issues of the implementation of the industrial policy of the Russian Federation in the Sverdlovsk region, effective January 1, 2016.

Minister of Industry and Science of the Sverdlovsk region Sergei Perestoronin said that in order to support industry in the form of concessional loans at 5% in 2017 will be spent 1 billion rubles.

"In 2016, the amount of funds directed to the development of industry within the framework of the corresponding state program amounted to 352.7 million rubles, in 2017 it is planned at a rate of 392 million rubles," said Sergey Perestoronin.

The region also counts on federal co-financing. So, according to data on June 1, 2017, six regional enterprises received 1.5 billion federal rubles, and by the end of the year it is expected to receive 2.5 billion.

Last year, the Ministry of Industry issued 71.8 million rubles in subsidies to nine enterprises to recover part of the costs of implementing investment projects for modernization.

We are talking about Revdinsky brick factory, Kamensk-Uralsky printing house, Novolalinsky pulp and paper mill and others.

Following the results of the report, deputy Yevgeny Zyablitsev asked Perestoronin if there was a crisis in industry.

"You can say anything, but I'll tell you this: for good reason, the governor previously said that 1 trillion rubles was invested in the rearmament of Sverdlovsk enterprises. We are ready for import substitution in everything, "the minister concluded..