The Government has increased expenditure budget-2009 at 600 billion rubles.

SyuzhetyIzmeneniya in the budget for 2009-2011 gody11.03.2009Pravitelstvo Russia has returned to one-byudzhetuKommentariiSam a compliment ... not 12.03.2009Vladimir Putin praised the generosity of the Government budget RossiiRashody Russia in 2009 will grow at 600 billion rubles to 9.6 trillion rubles, compared the previous version of the budget. The statement was made first vice-premier Igor Shuvalov. Shuvalov announced the figure is preliminary, so it may be revised after discussion in the government.
According to Shuvalov, a bill to amend the budget of 2009 will be considered by the Government at a meeting on March 19. The Government also intends to ask the State Duma and Federation Council to adopt the document as soon as possible, so that "we can begin to live within the budget of 2009 is already in a new form."
Previously, it was assumed that expenditure budget should reach 9.5 trillion rubles, while revenues were 6.3 trillion rubles. According to the preliminary assessment of the Ministry of Finance, 2009 budget revenues will drop by 42 percent compared to 2008 year. In doing so, the budget deficit will be eight per cent of GDP.
Recall that now the government of Russia on behalf of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is revising the budget parameters for 2009. The document is reviewed on the basis of forecasting oil prices of 41 dollars per barrel, but not $ 95 as it was incorporated in the current version of the budget, adopted in November 2008. As a result, the Ministry of Finance has revised a number of expenditure items, but the Ministry of Finance to balance the document could not be long.
Shuvalov also said that the draft budget will be submitted to the State Duma together with the new government anti-crisis plan. It will include measures that the Government intends to undertake to support the economy in 2010.
Earlier, Minister of Finance of Russia Alexey Kudrin said that the Government has temporarily waived the planning of the federal budget over three years and returned to a one-budget.
It should be noted that in February 2009, the budget deficit has become .. According to preliminary estimates, the budget deficit amounted to 243.54 billion rubles. In doing so, for the first two months of 2009 budget was profitsitnym - income exceeded expenditure by 116.3 billion rubles.