RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES AMBITIOUS PLANS TO BACK DOMESTIC BOOK PUBLISHING
May 1st, 2013
The Russian government is considering investing up to Russian Rubles RUB3 billion (USD90 million) to support its domestic book publishing this year, taking the money from a federal ‘Culture of Russia’ programme.According to the Federal Press and Mass Communications State Agency, whichis coordinating this scheme until 2018, these funds will enable the publication of at least 550 new book titles, mostly by Russian authors. A spokesman said preference would be given to scientific, technical and encyclopedic literature, as well publications on culture and art. ...
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