The Budget Committee of the State Duma supported additional funding for Zh.Alferov's Nanotechnology Center

Committee on Budget and Taxes of the State Duma (DG ) of the Russian Federation supported the amendment for additional funding of the St. Petersburg Academic University - Research and Educational Center of Nanotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences in the amount of 50% from 173 million rubles. in 2014 . , 285.9 million rubles. - In 2015. and 425.3 million rubles. - In 2016. Amendments proposed to the law on the federal budget for 2014. and the planning period of 2015. and 2016. Nobel laureate and State Duma deputy Alferov .

November 15 , 2013. Ministry of Finance ( MOF), the Russian Federation did not support the amendment because the source was not justified by increased funding. " We are not against investing in important areas , but should be the rationale, where to get the money ," - told reporters , Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko . Nevertheless managed to find the source , and contradictions were removed , although the size of the requested funding was cut by 50%.