The faction of the New People party in the State Duma will support the draft Russian budget for 2024-2026. Party leader Alexey Nechaev told socialbites.ca about this. The politician added that MPs are not completely satisfied with the level of funding for the social sector, but “they will not sabotage the adoption of the budget for the sake of deception.”
“We will support the draft budget at the first reading. Of course, we have questions about the level of funding allocated to education, health, support for SMEs. But we will solve them in a working way. We will ensure that expenditures on the fight against oncology and palliative care, children’s rest, modernization of schools and other important issues remain at the same level “We will make changes. Everyone understands what difficulties the country faces today. And it is absolutely unreasonable to sabotage the adoption of the budget for the sake of exaggeration,” Nechaev said.
On Thursday, October 26, the State Duma will discuss the draft federal budget for 2024-2026. Federal budget revenues are estimated to be 35.065 trillion rubles in 2024, 33.552 trillion rubles in 2025 and 34.051 trillion rubles in 2026. According to reports, expenses are expected to be 36.660 trillion rubles, 34.382 trillion rubles and 35.587 trillion rubles, respectively. TASS.
Representatives of the United Russia and LDPR groups spoke in favor of adopting the budget. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Fair Russia – For Truth announced their opposition to it.
Deputies of the United Russia party have 324 seats in the State Duma. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation ranks second; They are represented by 57 MPs. The faction of the New People party in the State Duma consists of 15 people.
Formerly in the State Duma voiced budget review deadlines.