Ministry of Finance: budget deficit of regions on the results 2013 is amounted to 673 billion rubles

Budget deficits of Russian regions by the end of 2013 are amounted to 673 billion rubles (about 1% of GDP), Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko told journalists. The budget income is amounted to 8 trillion 140.6 billion rubles., Which is 56 billion rubles more than previously approved amount. Expenses were performed in amount of 8 trillion 813.6 billion rubles which is 773 billion rubles less than the previously approved amount. Thus, the budget deficit was not 1.39 trillion rubles., and almost 2 times lower, according to the Finance Ministry granted.