The authorities of the Krasnodar Krai, where more than 40% of the population lives in rural areas, over five years allocated 3.1 billion rubles of budgetary funds for the development of rural territories and improving living conditions through a specialized government program, the implementation of which is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture of the region, as reported by TASS in a press release from the administration of the Krasnodar Krai. The Krasnodar Krai is the third most populous region in Russia and one of the country's main agricultural regions. According to the administration, more than 2.5 million residents of the region, exceeding 40% of the total population of the krai, live in rural areas. "In the Krasnodar Krai, special attention is paid to the development of rural territories: social facilities are being built and repaired, and transportation access to them is ensured. One of the effective tools thanks to which the Kuban khutors and stanitsas are acquiring a ...