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Article: Moscow press review for April 10, 2009.
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- April 10, 2009
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Moscow press review for April 10, 2009
MOSCOW. April 10 (Interfax) - The following is a digest of Moscow newspapers published on April 10. Interfax does not accept liability for information in these stories.
POLITICS & ECONOMICS
Russia had a relatively small budget deficit of 50 billion rubles in the first quarter of 2009, as revenues fell 24.5% year-on-year while spending increased by 33.6% due to funding of anti-crisis measures, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Thursday. Analysts said the Finance Ministry is trying to restrain expenditures in expectation of worse times ahead. Kudrin said the deficit will widen (Kommersant, p. 2; Vedomosti, ...