Russia's Medvedev says VEB to have key role in implementing Putin decree: Ifax

[May 29, 2018]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that state development bank VEB should serve as the main vehicle to implement a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, the Interfax news agency reported.

Putin set the government a series of ambitious economic goals in a decree signed in May.

Medvedev said VEB would need a capital injection in the future, Interfax reported.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Polina Devitt)

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