Ministry of Finance submitted to the Government amended the draft budget for 2009.

SyuzhetyIzmeneniya in the budget for 2009-2011 gody16.03.2009Putin allocated 1.6 trillion rubles to cover the deficit finance byudzhetaMinisterstvo Russia March 16, late last night sent to the Government amended the draft federal budget for 2009 year, ITAR-TASS.

It was expected that the Ministry of Finance proposed changes to the law "On federal budget for 2009 and for the plan period up to 2010-2011 years" will be discussed at a government meeting on Thursday, March 19. The current budget, adopted in November 2008, was based on a projected oil price of 95 dollars per barrel. Now the parameters of the budget review in anticipation of oil prices in 41 U.S. a barrel.

March 10, Minister of Finance of Russia Alexey Kudrin said that the government decided to temporarily waive the federal budget plan for a three-year period, to which Russia has moved in 2007. All changes will be made only so far in the draft budget for 2009.