Federal Budget in 2017

Sergey Belev – Head of Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute; Senior Research fellow of the Budget Policy Department, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tatyana Tischenko – Senior Research fellow of the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute; Senior Research fellow of the Budget Policy Department, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In 2017, dynamics of the federal budget’s main parameters are characterized by growth of 0.7 p.p. of GDP in the revenues and a reduction of 1.3 p.p. of GDP in the expenditures as compared to the previous year. This permitted to cut the budget deficit to 1.4% of GDP. The existing global prices of oil promoted growth in tax revenues from domestic production.

Key words: federal budget, budget revenues, budget expenditures, budget surplus.