As noted in the explanatory note, the document was developed to preserve and respect the memory of those who died in defense of the Motherland.
The implementation of the document will enable the uninterrupted operation of the Eternal Lights and Memorial Lights at military graves and memorials outside military graves, which are entered in the register of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, free of charge. Defense.
The law authorizes the government of the Russian Federation to establish the rules for determining gas prices and tariffs for its transportation services during gas deliveries in order to ensure the continuous burning of the Eternal Flame and the periodic burning of the Fire of Memory.
The act will also make it possible to ensure gas supplies to their Eternal Lights to all suppliers, not only Gazprom, explained Paweł Zawalny, chairman of the energy committee in the State Duma at the beginning of April.
According to the register kept by the Ministry of Defense, as of March 4, there are 2,825 Eternal Lights and Remembrance Lights in Russia. As Zawalny noted earlier, there was an initiative by Gazprom to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, and today free gas provides 1,262 Memorial Fires and Eternal Flames, the volume of which is approximately 20 million cubic meters of gas annually, worth approximately 120 million rubles.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an initiative to supply gas for free to Eternal Lights. At the same time, he instructed the government and Gazprom to ensure its implementation by May 1, reports RIA Novosti.
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