Following the Government working meeting on building a transport bridge over the Kerch Strait, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov issued the following instructions (Resolution No ISh-P9-7pr):
1. The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall coordinate with the Ukrainian side the technical design specifications for an engineering survey and a feasibility study to build a transport bridge across the Kerch Strait;
2. The Government shall accept the Ministry of Transport’s proposal on the expediency of choosing the Avtodor public company or one of its subsidiaries as the ordering customer for the engineering survey and the feasibility study in the context of plans to build a transport bridge across the Kerch Strait.
3. The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall submit proposals on the timeframes for the construction of a transport bridge across the Kerch Strait with regard to design alternatives.
4. The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Transport shall study the issue and submit proposals on a special tax regime for the construction and use of the transport bridge across the Kerch Strait.