The Sword of Damocles over the Budget

The deputies adopted the draft budget for 2015-2017 years in the third and final reading. Deputies, in fact, consolidated the decisions taken in the first two readings at the final stage. The socio-protected articles are in the foreground. The size of salaries of public sector employees will remain at the level of the year. Taking into account the complexity of the economic situation, financing government programs expenditures will be reduced next year. Expenditures 10 million decrease associated with capital investments. Water supply program is reduced over two million. Contrary to the opinion of the Government, who proposed not to pay textbooks and medical treatment abroad in 2015 from the national purse, deputies planned, albeit in a more modest amount, funds for this purpose. Financial support for agriculture of the republic will be provided to a lesser extent than in the current year. In this case, Road and Environment Facility PMR increase in revenues.

The deputies support resolution on the adoption of the budget-2015 unanimously. The law-in-draft, according to the regulations will be sent for signature to the President. These are the three amendments made by deputies. One establishes the obligation of state unitary enterprises and joint-stock companies with state participation in the special list of the stabilization fund's net profit. The second amendment is not acceptable for president suggests a decrease of 3 million expenditures of the State Service of communication, information and media. The third refers to the decrease of 16.5 million rubles of budget revenues from the funds that the state will receive less in relation to the provision of tax benefits of chemical and footwear industry (the corresponding law-in-draft adopted by the Supreme Council was sent to the President for signature).

Parliamentary work on financial documents of national importance was completed.