RUSSIA: DUMA VOTES ON 1997 DRAFT BUDGET

Record ID: 328615

  • Title: RUSSIA: DUMA VOTES ON 1997 DRAFT BUDGET
  • Date: 15th December 1996
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 15, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. TV INTERIOR OF DUMA HALL 0.04 2. SV RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN TALKING WITH DEPUTIES 0.12 3. SV DEPUTIES CHATTING BEFORE SESSION 0.19 4. LV SPEAKER CALLING SESSION TO ORDER AND CALLING ON COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER GENNADY ZYUGANOV TO SPEAK (RUSSIAN) 0.24 5. SV ZYUGANOV SAYING WE HAVE DISCUSSED ALL THE IMPORTANT MATTERS AND WE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET (RUSSIAN) 0.43 6. CUTAWAY OF SPEAKER 0.48 7. SV YABLOKO PARTY DEPUTY GRIGORI YABLINSKY SAYING THERE ARE PARTS OF THE BUDGET HE DOESN'T LIKE, THAT HE IS NOT HAPPY WITH IT, AND THAT HE DOESN'T THINK IT WILL GET FINAL PASSAGE ON DECEMBER 25 (RUSSIAN) 1.13 8. CUTAWAYS OF DEPUTIES AND SPEAKER (2 SHOTS) 1.30 9. CU ELECTRONIC SCREEN SHOWING VOTE TALLY 1.36 10. SV CHERNOMYRDIN THANKING THE DEPUTIES FOR PASSING THE BUDGET (RUSSIAN) 1.53 11. SV CHERNOMYRDIN SHAKING HANDS WITH COLLEAGUES AND LEAVING HALL 2.11 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 30th December 1996 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVACQQHURY32H3XGXSN2MHZIQO5M
  • Story Text: INTRO: Russia's opposition-dominated State Duma - the lower house of parliament - has voted to pass Russia's 1997 draft budget in principle.

    Russian deputies voted 268 to 57 to pass the 1997 draft budget in principle on Sunday (December 15) and were expected to consider amendments before a final vote on the first reading later in the day.

    According to Finance Minister Alexander Livshits, the draft envisages a deficit of 3.5 percent of gross domestic product on revenues of 434.4 trillion roubles and expenditures of 529.8 trillion roubles.

    Deputies later approved the draft in the first reading by a vote of 263 to 111.

    The Duma also decided to to consider the budget for second and third readings on December 25.


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