Measures Voiced In Putin's Address To Require Additional $1.8Bln Annually - Minister

Measures Voiced in Putin's Address to Require Additional $1.8Bln Annually - Minister

Measures voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an address to the Federal Assembly will require additional budget expenditures of 100-120 billion rubles ($1.5 billion - $1.8 billion) annually, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th February, 2019) Measures voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an address to the Federal Assembly will require additional budget expenditures of 100-120 billion rubles ($1.5 billion - $1.8 billion) annually, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday.

"According to estimates, I believe that additional annual budget expenditures will amount to about 100-120 billion rubles. We will be finding such resources during budget execution," Siluanov said on the Rossiya 24 television channel.