Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Mamedov Arseny Author-Name-First: Arseny Author-Name-Last:Mamedov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Fomina Elena Author-Name-First: Elena Author-Name-Last:Fomina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Tishchenko Tatiana Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last:Tishchenko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Khuzina Alfia Author-Name-First: Alfia Author-Name-Last:Khuzina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The characteristic features of the federal budget Abstract: In 2016, certain amendments were made to RF legislation, whereby the specific features of the budgeting process at the federal level were determined. In particular, the alterations introduced by Federal Law No 71-FZ dated May 30, 2016 'On Suspending Paragraph Four of Item 2 of Article 179 of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation' are designed to optimize the procedures for adjusting government (municipal) programs. With due regard for the complicated economic situation, the provision of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter to be referred to as RF BC) whereby all government (municipal) programs were to be brought in conformity with the budget law (or budget decision) by April 1, 2016 was suspended for one more year (until January 1, 2017). Classification-JEL: H61, H62 Keywords: Russian economy, budget system, tax revenues, budget parameters Creation-Date: 2017 Revision-Date:2017 Length: 9 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2017-294.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2017 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2017-294