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The Russian government will consider the final version of the draft federal budget for 2018 and the planned period of 2019 and 2020 at one of the next meetings. On September 29 it will be submitted to the State Duma, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced at a meeting of the government commission.

The Russian economy has survived the crisis and has started to grow, and the government has to support its dynamics, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a government meeting.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting of the government commission for budget drafting that the government should take into account latest trends in the economy while developing the budget for the next three years.