Income of federal budget was $44bn in August 2002

The income of the Russian federal budget was RUR1.388 trillion (around$43.92bn) in August 2002 (65.3 percent of the total budget assignment forthis year and 90.2 percent of the revised budget assignment for taxcollection in January-September 2002), the press service of the RussianFinance Ministry reported. The expenditures of the federal budget wereRUR1.264 trillion (around $40bn) in August 2002 (64.9 percent of the totalassignment for this year and 85.5 percent of the revised assignment of thebudget expenditures for January-September 2002). .