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Non-repayable injections from the Russian federal budget into Crimea in 2016 totaled 79.7 billion ruble, or $1.34 billion, according to Russian news agency TASS.

“The sum of injections from the federal budget on a non-repayable basis in 2016 was 79.7 billion ruble ($1.34 billion), or 120.5 percent compared to last year’s figure,” Crimea’s de-facto finance minister Irina Kiviko said, TASS reported.

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