Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey Drobyshevsky Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Drobyshevsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Ilya Sokolov Author-Name-First: Ilya Author-Name-Last: Sokolov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Evolution of Russia’s Budgetary Policy in the 2000s: in Search of Financial Stability for the National Budget System Abstract: This paper deals with 2008-2009 crisis which marked a new stage of Russia’s budgetary policy. Although the budget situation in Russia is presently much better than in the majority of the developed countries, reservation of high dependence on oil proceeds, observed trends in in the structure of expenditure obligations indicate the preservation of high risks of an unbalanced budget in long term perspective. Provision of budgetary and macroeconomic balance require adoption of urgent measures both in the sphere of tax policy and budget outlays. Length: 27 pages Creation-Date: 2013 Revision-Date: 2013 Classification-JEL: E62, E52, E58, G01, H61, H68 Keywords: budget policy, financial stability, tax policy, fiscal policy, national budget. File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/0051Sinelnikov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2013 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:0051