The crisis will not prevent Russia to increase assistance to the world's poorest countries.

By 2011, Russia will be annually allocated to help the world's poorest countries 400-500 million dollars. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Finance Dmitry Pankin, RIA Novosti. For comparison, in 2008 the volume of such financial aid would not exceed 220 million dollars. Thus, the global financial crisis will not affect the support of Russia's poorest countries.
In 2003-2005, Russia allocated from the budget of 50-60 million dollars to help the poorest countries. With the growing budget surplus spending countries on these goals have been gradually increasing. According to Pankin, Russia money goes mainly to combat the spread of infectious diseases.
In 2005, representatives of the Ministry of Finance reported that in recent years, Russia is simply poor countries $ 40 billion.
Recall that a three-year budget for the 2009-2011 year, Russia was created with a substantial surplus. But budget officials have approved at a time when oil prices have not dropped to 40-50 dollars per barrel. As a result, the financial paper said, for example, the average oil price in 2009 will be about $ 95 a barrel.
The sharp drop in oil prices has led to major macroeconomic projections have been significantly revised. Thus, according to the latest ministry figures, with the price of oil at 50 dollars per barrel GDP rises to 2.4 per cent, while industrial production fell by three per cent.