Tag: Tatyana Nesterenko

Finance Ministry’s Nesterenko: retirement age increase ‘inevitable’

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Pensions, Pensioners, Retirees
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KRASNOGORSK. Oct 9 (Interfax) – The interim decisions approved for next year in light of the budget deficit do not eliminate the need to raise the retirement age. The draft budget for 2016 approved by the government this week indexes pensions by just 4%, rather than the actual inflation rate in 2015 (about 12%), with an option to conduct a […]

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Effect of ruble strengthening nearly neutral for Russian budget – Nesterenko

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
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MOSCOW. March 25 (Interfax) – Ruble strengthening in excess of that assumed in the 2015 budget would lead to both lower revenue and lower spending, meaning that the net impact on the budget will be neutral, First Deputy Finance Minister Tatyana Nesterenko said. “The ruble exchange rate and the price of oil [assumed in the budget] are forecasts calculated as […]

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