Medvedev has ordered his administration to cut costs.

The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev instructed his administration head Sergei Naryshkin to prepare proposals to reduce the costs of Staff Administration, reported RIA Novosti. In addition, the President recommended that the calculations on the possible cost of the Federation Council and the regional legislature.
According to Medvedev, due to the difficult situation in the economy need to think about that gosrashody savings at all levels. Start with a need, "- he added, saying that the administration of President should be a positive example.
Earlier, representatives of the Russian government have repeatedly stated that it is not going to lower the cost budget for 2009, despite the fact that the deficit could reach 7 percent of GDP. Nevertheless, the Assistant to the President Arkady Dvorkovich at the beginning of February, noted that some items of expenditure will be allocated more funds from other articles.
Russia's budget deficit caused by the economic crisis and falling oil prices, which drops the tax and customs revenues. The last 10 years the federal budget has always performed with a surplus.