Siluanov called the amendments to the second reading of the draft Russian budget technical

Amendments to the second reading of the draft federal budget of Russia for 2024-2026. are technical. This was stated by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, writes TASS.

“We had certain amounts of money in the budget that were not distributed to specific positions, and this was done by the second reading. <…> Just the so-called bags, in our language, they were simply redistributed. This also applies to inter-budgetary relations,” he said.

The total volume of redistribution of budget funds amounted to 6.7 trillion rubles. According to the minister, this does not mean that “half the budget” will be redone.

Previously the government contributed 769 amendments to the second reading of the draft federal budget for the next three years were submitted to the State Duma. Siluanov also explained that the amendments to the second reading can only provide for the redistribution of budget funds within the limits of the total amount of expenditures. Therefore, the main characteristics of the budget adopted in the first reading remained unchanged.

In addition, the amendments were prepared by the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Deputy Chairman of the Committee Alexander Kogan (United Russia) told Vedomosti that it is planned to allocate an additional 6.5 billion rubles. on the socio-economic development of new regions.

The reserves of the federal projects “Clean Country”, “Clean Air” and “General Cleaning” will be distributed for three years. A total of 4.2 billion rubles, which will be used to eliminate objects of accumulated damage, such as Usolye-Sibirskoye and Krasny Bor, large unauthorized landfills, and the recovery and disposal of sunken ships, the deputy explained.