Medvedev adjusts regional programs for re-settling Russian-speaking compatriots from abroad

MOSCOW, July 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has adjusted regional programs aimed at re-settlement of Russian-speaking compatriots from abroad, the government’s press service said on Friday.

The Khabarovsk Territory and the Republic of Mary-El, as well as the Sakhalin, Amur, Kursk, Novgorod, Omsk, Penza and Pskov regions have put forth their re-settlement programs.

If implemented, regional economies will meet their needs in additional human resources whose inflow is expected to step up social and economic development of Russian regions.

The relevant instructions with comments were posted on the Russian government’s official website.