The State Duma approved amendments to 2017 in the first reading at its plenary session.
According to the document, the planned expenditures of the state budget will grow by 362 billion rubles (up to 16,603 trillion), the expected revenues - by 1,191 trillion (up to 14.679 trillion rubles).
Thus, the budget deficit will decrease by 829 billion rubles (up to 1.924 trillion rubles) - from 3.4 to 2.1 percent of GDP.