Stanislav Naumov, deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on economic policy, said marketplace companies have already budgeted for restoration work using their own funds, not the state budget. He argued that authorities should not directly finance warehouse reconstruction.
Instead, Naumov suggested providing affected Russian producers with credit and tax breaks that would allow them to "for a year, a year and a half, two years simply strengthen the financial stability of enterprises." He also called for "shifting the issue of restoring commercial warehouses to the reinsurance system."
The lawmaker said there was no need to support marketplace sellers and importers, describing their potential losses as entrepreneurial risks. He claimed Russia has no shortage of warehouse space, calling the issue "the least significant story."
The day before, President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to prepare a program for restoring warehouse capacity "with state participation," noting that facilities should be rebuilt "at a qualitatively new technological level." He said the attacks had no "critical consequences."
The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, unlike Naumov, proposed supporting Wildberries sellers whose goods were damaged in the attacks. Measures under discussion include tax deferrals and installment plans, preferential loans, and a moratorium on loan payments.
According to Data Insight estimates cited by Forbes, restoring Wildberries' warehouses and infrastructure could cost 147–223 billion rubles, or 169–279 billion rubles including demolition and land reclamation. By August 17, the marketplace had lost about 31% of its warehouse space, or 1.72 million square meters, according to Important Stories. The Moscow Times reported that the campaign affected 23 warehouses, depriving the company of a quarter of its logistics capacity, with damage including burned goods reaching nearly 1 trillion rubles.