Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region passed by a majority vote in the first reading the draft budget for 2018 and the planning period 2019-202. Revenues in 2018 will be 209 billion 821 million 964.4 thousand rubles, 2019 - 216 billion 681 million 627.6 thousand rubles, 2020 - 226 billion 356 million 800.2 thousand rubles.

Expenses for 2018 - 221 billion 153 million 113.2 thousand rubles, 2019 - 218 billion 993 million 348.8 thousand rubles, 2020 - 228 billion 813 million 097.6 thousand rubles. The deficit next year will be 11 billion 331 million 148.8 thousand rubles. The limit of the state debt in 2018 is 113 billion 172 million 491.9 thousand rubles, for its maintenance authorities are going to spend 5.3 billion rubles.

Deputy Vyacheslav Wegner during the discussion of the project said that the "Five-Year Development" does not fit in with the figures that the deputies see in the budget ".

"In the governor's program they are more ambitious. And in the draft budget, we see a 1 per cent increase in personal income tax. On the Ministry of Industry, too, questions, "he said..

Minister of Finance Galina Kulachenko replied that the government has questions on using the funds of the Technology Support Fund.

During the meeting of the regional government, she already stated that the Foundation had invested 300 million rubles, but entrepreneurs prefer direct subsidies from the budget.

The document was passed in the first reading by a majority vote. He was not supported by the Communists, which aroused resentment of the chairman of the profile commission of Vladimir Tereshkova:.

"Traditionally, the Communist Party does not vote for the adopted budget! ", He exclaimed from the rostrum.