Russian President Vladimir Putin promised the head of Sberbank German Gref to help build campuses for School 21 programming schools at his request. In this context, it was reported that the Russian leader made fun of the banker TASS.
While Putin toured the Novgorod branch of the school, Gref announced that 28 regions had applied to open similar educational institutions. According to him, the project is quite low-cost since all equipment is produced by Sber. Gref emphasized that if the president orders support, “it will be cheap.”
“I would say it would be great if you allocate a billion a year,” Gref replied.
“Good. He pulled it out flat with pliers,” the president said, laughing and joking that “he’s very rich and wants a billion.”
New campus of School 21 in Veliky Novgorod was the first Fifth in the Northwestern Federal District and Russia. Its area is more than 1700 square meters. m, the number of jobs is over 190.
Formerly Governor of Gref and Sakhalin Region Limarenko discussed regional development projects
Source: Gazeta
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