Government urezhet costs of the APEC summit.

The Government of Russia will reduce the project budget for infrastructure development of Vladivostok, where in 2012 the summit will be held on the Asia-Pacific Forum (APEC). This writes the newspaper "Vedomosti". Concrete proposals to reduce the number of scheduled yet, but because of the crisis, the Government will not be able to finance the construction in full.
Total for the APEC summit in Vladivostok development planned to spend 284 billion rubles, of which 202 billion rubles to choose from the federal budget. First vice-premier Igor Shuvalov has already asked the Minister Viktor regionrazvitiya Basarginu make the reduced cost estimates. Sources Vedomosti reported that officials have even discussed the possibility of converting the APEC summit in another city, but Shuvalov assured that the transfer of the summit is planned.
MOF proposes to optimize the costs of preparing the summit, instead of building the island Russian, to be built and where most of the objects of the APEC. However, other ministries are not supported by the Ministry of Finance, as the Vladivistok to the summit is not ready.
The publication notes that during the audit of the infrastructure development project Vladivostok found that it did not include the cost of construction of electric power, which can cost 45 billion rubles. In addition, increasing the cost of the project is already included in the draft. For example, estimates of the bypass road in Vladivostok has increased by 6 times - up to 36 billion rubles.
Overall, in preparation for the APEC summit in Vladivostok and on the island of Russian plans to build more than 30 facilities, including hotels, universities, international conference center for seven thousand people and the press center. Already started the four sites, in particular, the two bridges - the Bay through the Golden Horn and the Russian island.