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No budget deficit in Russia

No budget deficit in Russia

Russia's State Duma has passed amendments to the law on 2018 federal budget and the planned period of 2019-2020 today. On June 7, the State Duma passed amendments to the law on 2018 federal budget and the planned period of 2019-2020 …

Siluanov: taxes in Russia not be changed in next 6 years

Siluanov: taxes in Russia not be changed in next 6 years

Russian government will not change the tax regime during the next six-year period, First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on the sidelines of the 2018 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. …

 Russia has paid 20% more taxes

Russia has paid 20% more taxes

Tax proceedings to Russia's consolidated budget increased by 20% in 2017, amounting to 17.3 trillion rubles, the head of the Russian Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mishustin, said today. The increase in tax proceedings was …

Russia to bring budget deficit down to zero

Russia to bring budget deficit down to zero

Russia's Finance Ministry expects that the budget deficit will be 2% this year, the head of the ministry Anton Siluanov said on the sidelines of the annual autumn meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary …

 Will Russia be saved by larger minimum wage?

Will Russia be saved by larger minimum wage?

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets asked the country's Vladimir Putin to ask authorities with raising the minimum wage today at a meeting of the Presidential Council on Strategic …

Russia to net 17 billion rubles from privatisation deals

Russia to net 17 billion rubles from privatisation deals

Russian government has adopted the program on privatization of state-owned assets for 2017-2019, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said. The government meeting headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev focused on the …

State Duma finally approves Russian budget

State Duma finally approves Russian budget

The Russian State Duma approved the draft budget for 2017 and the planned period of 2018-2019 in the third and final reading. 315 members of parliament voted for approval of the budget, 99 voted against it, TASS reports. …

Draft budget submitted to Russia's State Duma

Draft budget submitted to Russia's State Duma

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has presented a draft budget for 2017 and the planned period of 2018-2019 at the plenary session of the State Duma. According to the draft, budget revenues will be 13.487 trillion …

Matviyenko: Russia needs budget of hope and success

Matviyenko: Russia needs budget of hope and success

Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, took part in the parliamentary hearings "On the parameters of the Draft Federal Budget for 2017 and the 2018-2019 Planning Period". "We …

 Russia's budget to remain social

Russia's budget to remain social

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said at the meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the government deliberately based its budget for 2017-2019 on the oil price of $40 per …

Russian budget deficit for 2016 increased to 3 trillion rubles

Russian budget deficit for 2016 increased to 3 trillion rubles

The Russian government has submitted draft amendments for the 2016 federal budget to the State Duma.  According to the government website, the draft law proposes to adjust the main characteristics of the budget for the current …

Russia's three-year budget drafted based on $40 per barrel

Russia's three-year budget drafted based on $40 per barrel

The draft budget for 2017-2019 assumes sanctions against Russia will continue until 2019 year-end and the oil price of $40, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. The draft will be submitted to the State Duma …

Pros and cons of 'frozen' budget

Pros and cons of 'frozen' budget

The Russian Finance Ministry’s proposal to freeze the federal budget spending in nominal terms for 3 years was approved yesterday at a meeting with the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The ministry proposed to set the …

 Will Russia form three-year budget again?

Will Russia form three-year budget again?

The Russian government is returning to three-year budget planning. According to the Kommersant newspaper, on February 26 the Cabinet of Ministers on behalf of the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov addressed …

Russia's budget for 2016 approved

Russia's budget for 2016 approved

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the law on the federal budget for 2016. Due to the high volatility on the financial and commodity markets, the annual budget has been adopted for one year, instead of three years as it was earlier. The ...

Russian Ministry of Finance ready to fill budget with oil rubles

Russian Ministry of Finance ready to fill budget with oil rubles

The Russian Finance Ministry has prepared new proposals on taxes aimed at replenishing the budget. It is planned to take ruble revenues from oil exporters, who benefited in ruble terms from the fall in oil prices and the collapse of the ...