Together, comply with the law

Working meeting with representatives of the Chamber of Accounts, Ministry of Regional Development and the economic block of the fuel and energy complex was held at the Supreme Council under the auspices of the Committee on Economic Policy, Budget and Finance. The reason for the meeting were the facts revealed and promulgated by the Accounting Chamber. We are talking about the gas bill that did not receive 604 million rubles. This amount is comparable with the projected government deficit for 2017 on the socio-protected articles. This insecurity can lead to the fact that salaries will be financed by only 70% in the coming year.

Alexander Martynov called upon the participants to work together to find a way to rectify the situation and prevent its recurrence in the future. Speaking about the need to realistically assess the validity of spending and businesses as possible to reduce them. The parliamentarians pointed out that the direction of the gas component of tariff to finance current needs, and not on the gas special account - a direct violation of the current legislation. Moreover, this practice is not stopped even after the promulgation of the Chamber of Accounts data. A mechanism is still used where funds are directed through the gas as a residual, operating since 2009. Representatives of energy companies say Internally this measure. Otherwise, electrical, thermal and gas networks to come into complete disrepair. It does not remain without attention and fabulous debt to the organizations of the sector.

With regard to 2017, the number of scenarios. The first involves the preservation of the existing mechanism (the direction of funds for the gas bill as a residual). The second way - subsidies for fuel and energy complex of the budget. A third proposal - to find an opportunity to timely settlement of budgetary organizations with suppliers of light, gas and heat. Ministry of Regional Development instructed to calculate the viability of all options. Two weeks are allotted for this work.