MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's budget surplus has been estimated at 2.5 trillion rubles ($96.7 billion), or 8.1% of GDP, in the first nine months of 2008, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
Budget revenues totaled 7.151 trillion rubles ($275 billion) in January-September 2008. Expenditure stood at 4.630 trillion rubles ($178 billion) in the first nine months of the year.
The latest government forecast for 2008 puts federal budget revenues at 9.897 trillion rubles ($380.7 billion), expenses at 7.413 trillion rubles ($285.1 billion) and budget surplus at 2.484 trillion rubles ($95.54 billion).
