MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will on Monday hold a special meeting to discuss how to ensure federal budget balance for 2016, the government press service reported.
In the first weeks of the new year, Medvedev held a series of meetings on economic problems, as the situation in the world and Russian economy is getting more complicated. Oil prices are falling, and the Russian government does not rule out that the budget will have to be adjusted.
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