RusHydro CEO Viktor Khmarin asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to allocate ₽93 billion from the budget to pay off debts of the Far Eastern Generation Company. DGK's debt has accumulated due to the difference between the costs of coal and the tariff proceeds from the sale of energy. Vladimir Putin allowed for the possibility of allocating a subsidy, but ordered the government to consider a mechanism for regulating coal exports following the example of the fertilizer market.