They took aim at the stabilization fund

Fradkov can be understood: he is tasked with doubling GDP, and the proposed VAT reduction will increase the rate of economic growth by 1.5-2% of GDP per year. However, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is confident that it is impossible to reduce VAT now. He even wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, from which it follows that this measure will lead to a significant decrease in budget revenues, which, in turn, will turn it into a deficit one. True, the government has a plan to compensate for expenses through the stabilization fund.