We are proposing to define the budget deficit excluding oil revenues, instead of immediately cutting spending, and to refrain from increasing [the deficit].
Lowering inflation to 3-4% annually should be a priority, a major instrument of economic policy, and we have the means to lower inflation to this level.
We should know how much we have in a non-oil budget.
The pilot project to use the funds [allocated for the purpose] will be possibly determined.
We informed our partners about the development of the gas industry in Russia.
We are working in this direction.
That means that the Russian prime minister took personal responsibility [for the decision].
It is the first time in my experience that major changes that were rejected during preliminary considerations have been made to such a high-profile document without prior discussion by the Cabinet and coordination with the main ministers.
This is not just a question of supplies of oil or gas, though they of course play a serious role.
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