OREANDA-NEWS. July 29, 2010. Russia’s budgetary gap is expected to equal 3.6% in 2011, 3.1% in 2012 and 2.9% of GDP in 2013, vice PM and finance minister, Alexei Kudrin told journalists after the meeting of the government budget projecting committee.

Budget income is projected at 17.4% of GDP, or RUB 8.16 trillion in 2011, 16.5% in 2012 and 16.1% in 2013; expenses are forecast at 20.9% of GDP, or RUB 10.38 trillion in 2011, 19.6% in 2012 and 19% in 2013.