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Funding for the construction of a new federal children's recreation camp is included in the 2023 budget. Russian State Duma deputy Olga Timofeeva told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For the second reading, we looked very carefully at the issues that relate to children’s recreation and health improvement. And for the first time, they provided a billion rubles so that we could have new children’s camps. And 3,5 billion...
The dependence of the Russian federal budget on oil prices has decreased. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced this today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. “We have secured the financial plan from foreign economic conditions. The so-called non-oil and gas deficit has decreased to 7-9% of GDP. This is the lowest figure since 2008,” Siluanov said. According to him, the growth of non-oil and gas revenues...
Communist Party MP Vera Ganzya was outraged by the statement by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov that real wages grew by 3,5% last year. “When I come to schools, hospitals, enterprises and start saying that the Russian government is reporting an increase in wages, I see in my eyes a burning desire to throw something heavy at me...
The oil price in the 2019 budget will be set at $41 per barrel. All funds received in excess of this figure will go to the National Welfare Fund. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced this today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You will say: well, today it’s 80, let’s soften the budget rule. But we don't know how...
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales upheld Ukraine's appeal in the case of "Yanukovych money" - three billion dollars allocated by Russia as a loan at the end of 2013. This was reported by Bloomberg, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, the court will hold a new hearing on the specified dispute, but not according to the accelerated procedure, as provided for by the decision of the first instance. “The decision of the appellate court...
Vladimir Putin appointed Finance Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Anton Siluanov as Russia's coordinator for CIS affairs. This is stated in the relevant presidential order. Well-known political scientist and ex-LPR Prime Minister Marat Bashirov believes that this appointment will have a positive effect on relations between Russia and Belarus. “If earlier deputy prime ministers and ministers were forced to oppose the Old Man either on fuels and lubricants, then on milk, then on...
Russia is already refusing international payments in United States currency. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “We have significantly reduced our investments in American assets. We are increasingly establishing settlements not in dollars, but in other currencies. First of all, in the ruble and in national currencies, euros, Chinese...
New American sanctions will not be able to deal a crushing blow to the Russian economy. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “It's unpleasant, but not fatal. The Russian economy has become different in recent years. She adapted to sanctions restrictions. We have a fairly strong balance of payments, which allows us to increase our gold and foreign exchange reserves. Behind…
Russian regions will credit part of the excise taxes on alcoholic products to their budgets, based on how much of such products were sold. According to a Politnavigator correspondent, this was stated today at a meeting of the Federation Council by the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “We have launched a system that monitors retail sales of alcohol...
Russia will not increase budget expenditures over the next three years. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said this today at budget hearings in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. “We have not increased expenses for three years. Frozen at 2016 levels. At the same time, all obligations that are of a social nature are preserved.…
Russia did not feel the shock of the fall in oil prices because it used previously accumulated reserves. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced this today at budget hearings in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “In recent years, we have gotten out of the situation by spending reserves - 5,9 trillion sovereign rubles...
Inflation in Russia at the end of 2016 may be below 5,8%, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said today, presenting changes to the current year’s state budget in the State Duma. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “We estimate inflation this year at 5,8%. I want to say that this will be the lowest inflation in recent times...
The fight for the Russian three billion dollars that Russia lent to Ukraine in December 2013 is intensifying, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Izadnie reminds that due to Ukraine’s refusal to pay, the Russian Ministry of Finance filed a lawsuit in the High Court of London, which included both a demand for the return of the debt itself, as well as penalties, fines and legal costs. “But Kyiv...
The head of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, said that the Russian Federation will not enter into negotiations on the restructuring of Ukraine’s state obligations. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte He stated this during today's press conference, TASS reports. “Russian debt is sovereign. Regarding sovereign debts, there is a special settlement procedure in such cases. We…
