OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to oversee the preparation of a regulatory framework for attracting private funds to the space industry.

"Then I really ask you, as First Deputy Prime Minister, to monitor this [the preparation of a regulatory framework for attracting private funds to the space industry], so that it is taken into account in the budget," Putin told Manturov at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.