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).