Deputies of the lower house of the Russian parliament adopted in the third, final, reading the bill on amendments to the federal budget for 2017. The main distinguishing feature of the new document is the expected GDP growth at the level of 2 - 3%, said on Wednesday, June 21, the State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.
The State Duma recognized: the government of the Russian Federation coped with the tasks set by the president of the country, and achieved a recession. This is reflected in the adopted law on the budget, said the speaker of the State Duma:.
"We are moving from a recession in the economy to growth. The recession that has been over the previous several years, this year should be overcome, and we plan that there will be an increase of 2-3% of GDP. This is the main distinguishing feature of those amendments that we take into the budget, "Volodin said..
Turning to the figures, in the new version of the country's main financial document, the deficit has been reduced by more than 1% of GDP. The budget revenues increase by 1.191 trillion rubles. - from 13 trillion 487 billion rubles. Up to 14 trillion 679 billion rubles. , Primarily due to the oil and gas sector. Consequently, the deputies also agreed to increase government spending: from 16 trillion to 240.8 billion rubles. Up to 16 trillion 602.6 billion rubles.
The upper lath of Russia's domestic debt is reduced by 1 trillion 124.6 billion rubles. , That is, by January 1, 2018. It can not exceed 9 trillion 227 billion rubles. External public debt, of course, will also be less, and by 17%, and will be $ 51.8 billion.
New, more favorable circumstances allowed deputies to raise funding for a number of social areas. Thus, the pension system was added 11.5 billion rubles. , 10 billion rubles. Added to road construction and transportation, by 233 million rubles. Increased funding for the tour of regional theaters, told "Russia 24" the head of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov.
"It makes no sense to list all of about 1 trillion 200 billion additional revenues. I will only focus on the main indicators: support for industries - will be directed more than 25 billion, the village - more than 35 billion, the regions of the country - more than 3 billion, an additional 10 billion for those regions that are engaged in building their own tax capacity. Maybe this is the first budget, where culture is not in words, but in fact becomes the subject of adoption of amendments. More than 3 billion rubles go there. It is important not just to flood with money, but to make these areas a priority, "- said Makarov.
However, this opinion was not accepted by all. Duma opposition groups - CPRF, Just Russia and LDPR - refused to support amendments to the budget for 2017. "This is most likely a tribute to the political tradition:
when a budget is adopted, opposition parties always vote against, regardless of the fact that many of the same questions raised in the budget are reflected," the speaker of the State Duma reacted to the reaction of the opposition. In his opinion, thus the factions are trying to attract the electorate: "But this is wrong," Volodin told Interfax. He pointed out that in the difficult conditions of anti-Russian sanctions and low oil prices, the country was able to achieve economic growth: "Now it turns out that our colleagues do not take into account the historical fact when the decline in the price of oil led to the collapse of the economy of the Soviet Union".