MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s government will inject up to 3.5 billion rubles into reconstruction of religious buildings until 2014, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with religious leaders on Wednesday as a presidetial candidate.

“In 2008-2011 we allocated 2.3 billion rubles for reconstruction of religious buildings and within the upcoming three years this sum will reach around 3.5 billion rubles,” he said.