Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Deryugin Alexander Author-Name-First: Alexander Author-Name-Last:Deryugin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Mamedov Arseny Author-Name-First: Arseny Author-Name-Last:Mamedov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Belev Sergey Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last:Belev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Sokolov Ilya Author-Name-First: Ilya Author-Name-Last:Sokolov 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:Arlashkin Igor Author-Name-First: Igor Author-Name-Last:Arlashkin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Barbashova Natalia Author-Name-First: Natalia Author-Name-Last:Barbashova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Deshko Maria Author-Name-First: Maria Author-Name-Last:Deshko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russia’s Fiscal Policy in 2017 Abstract: The year 2017 saw some notable changes in the main parameters of the execution of the general government budget of the Russian Federation: the budgetary system’s revenue gained nearly 1 percentage point of GDP, while expenditure, on the contrary, lost 1.2 percentage points of GDP. Thus, the revenue volume amounted to 32.6 percent of GDP, and that of expenditure – to 34.1 percent of GDP. As a result, the budgetary system’s deficit shrank by 2.2 percentage points of GDP, to 1.5 percent of GDP. Classification-JEL: H77 Keywords: Russian economy, intergovernmental relations Creation-Date: 2018 Revision-Date:2018 Length: 24 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2018-322.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2018 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2018-322