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Siluanov Reports 2013 Deficit at 0.5%

By The Moscow Times
A screen showing Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Igor Tabakov / MT

The federal budget in 2013 operated with a 0.5 percent deficit, which was less than the 0.8 percent that was planned, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.

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