Media: Kudrin "slaughter arguments" criticized the initiative of Medvedev

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin during a speech in the State Duma critically commented on the order of Dmitry Medvedev to return payments to social budget funds to the previous level. The head of the Ministry of Finance discovered the disadvantages of this initiative for pensioners and hinted that he would have to increase taxes, the “independent newspaper” notes.

Kudrin did not make high -profile political statements, as was the case in Krasnoyarsk , NG notes. (However, it was not completely without politics.) But he presented a very cautious look at the problem, which the president instructed the government. We are talking about his speeches in Magnitogorsk, where Medvedev ordered 26% of the total business contributions to social budget funds.

- The Ministry of Finance upset Vasily Yakemenko and Vitaly Mutko for 22 billion

From the Minister of Finance, of course, everyone was waiting for the reaction to the Magnitogorsk order of the president and Kudrin at first spoke about this plot quite calmly. He said that the government of Dmitry Medvedev is already fulfilling, calculations are underway. However, in the final word, a little angry at the deputies who bombarded his comments, Kudrin pulled out slaughter arguments against the presidential initiative, writes NG.

It turns out that the Minister of Finance said, when the contributions increased, it was meant that this would make it possible to increase pension rights from other citizens. And now, following Medvedev’s order, Kudrin hinted, in the future it will be necessary to increase other taxes. Because the demographic situation does not allow us to hope that in twenty years, workers will be able to support pensioners.

In addition to all these statements, the head of the Ministry of Finance also simply reported to the Dumans about the successes of the government in the development of the economy. He reported the positive dynamics of industrial production compared to the prey of fossils, which did not grow so much. The real salary, Kudrin said, increased by 1.8%in the country. In general, he said, there are all the prerequisites so that annual inflation does not exceed 7%. Unless, of course, non -monetary factors such as drought will not interfere with these plans. The rest in Russia is not so bad: the banking sector came to life, the financial market too. As Kudrin put it, the last leader in general among the BRIC members.

And even in the outflow of capital, the minister found positive points. Say, “portfolio” money is flowing down, but the straight lines are in the positive zone. He promised the deputies that they would soon have to divide additional income of 300 billion rubles and immediately explained that there would be no free money there, because there were already more obligations previously taken than necessary.

As the Moscow Komsomolets noted, the head of the Ministry of Finance admitted that the government “a little” was mistaken with a forecast for oil prices: instead of an average of $ 75 per barrel, based on which the 2011 budget was calculated, according to the specified forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, there will be at least 105. But the first quarter was “good”, and there is a chance to get a chance to receive at the end of the year Additional oil and gas revenues are more than 1 trillion rubles, and no additional additional additional and oil -items are 301 billion rubles.

According to Kudrin, oil and gas revenues will again go to the reserve, for a rainy day, and the rest of the government will be directed to social: the scholarship indexation promised by Vladimir Putin by 9%, additional indexation to federal state employees and may be another indexation for pensioners.

In general, the 2011 budget will still remain scarce, the head of the financial department explained. But the gap between expenses and income will be reduced from the planned 3.6% of GDP to 1-1.4%.

At the same time, the deputies traditionally managed to blame Kudrin of "unprofessionalism." Member of the State Duma of the State Duma of Oksana Dmitrieva said that chronic mistakes in the forecasts of oil prices (always towards its underestimation) and, as a result, are not so harmless in the calculation of the main indicators of the budget.

In 2010, a shortage of 3 trillion rubles was planned, and borrowing to its coverage, including in foreign markets. And it turned out to be a deficit of 1.8 trillion rubles, and such a hole in the budget could be plugged with the means of the reserve fund, she said. "Thus, all these mistakes were needed only in order to perform the favorite operation of our Minister of Finance-put their money at 1.5-2%, and take at 5-6%...".

This year, Dmitrieva continued, the same thing continues: there is no shortage, the budget for 2 months has been executed with a surplus of 78 billion rubles. But public debt continues to grow: 150 billion for the same period. "Is this, unprofessionalism or selfish intent?" she asked in conclusion.

Kudrin, who usually responds painfully to such statements, was generous this time. "Yes, I say that we were mistaken because I don’t know what the price of oil will be in a year! And if you know in advance how much money the US Federal Reserve will be released, I will be grateful to you for such a forecast!" - quotes the minister "MK".

Kudrin: "Elections must be honest"

Without politics, however, Kudrin’s speech in the State Duma did not do yesterday - the minister again appeared in the image of the main fighter for democracy and a real liberal, the rain channel notes. Reporting to the deputies, he spoke about the elections in Russia and emotionally said: "The elections should be honest."

Kudrin had already hinted at the opacity of the elections in February at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, after which he was suspected of preparing for the elections and even called a probable candidate in the head of the party’s right business. Then, however, the minister himself refuted these rumors.

What happened in the State Duma shows that Alexey Kudrin is not just the Minister of Finance, notes the rain. He became a significant political figure. If his statements in Krasnoyarsk before businessmen could still be considered random, then this time the Minister of Finance did not tell anyone about transparent elections to anyone, but to the deputies of the State Duma.

The Ministry of Finance will not give Rosmolodezh and the Ministry of Sports Requested 22 billion

Also in the Duma, Kudrin presented an unpleasant surprise to the head of Rosmolodezh Vasily Yakemenko and the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko. He said that the Ministry of Finance does not coordinate the Federal target program "Youth of Russia" developed by the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth for 2011-2015, writes Gazeta.Ru . This program was actively supported by Rosmolodezh and members of the "ours" movement.

The program repeats the already working FCP, said Kudrin. “They tell us, let's take a program for youth support for many billion rubles, and it duplicates other programs,” he explained. “The Ministry of Finance is worthwhile to guard the programs.” The state already "has serious expenses" in specialized programs for the development of education and healthcare, which are also focused on young people, the minister said.

The Ministry of Finance is not the first to criticize the program developed by the Ministry of Sports. As soon as the program entered the Ministry of Finance, officials noted that the proposed FCP is largely duplicated by the youth policy strategy, which was adopted for 10 years in 2006.

According to the text of the FCP, its goals are “stimulating the innovative behavior of youth”, “ensuring effective socialization and self -realization”, “creating mechanisms for educating a sense of patriotism, civil responsibility, the formation of Russian identity, the prevention of“ asocial phenomena ” - alcoholism, crimes, participation in extremist organizations. What specific ways to implement plans, in the document practically Not explained.

The opinions of Prochrevskaya youth in the Duma about Kudrin's words were divided. The uninterior deputy from the youth committee Maxim Mishchenko said that "in general, I agree with Kudrin." "Such budget expenses will only increase the corruption component: units from allocated funds will really reach young people, they will cut the rest," he admitted.

But the former head of the "Our" movement Sergei Belokonev criticized Kudrin himself: "This liberal in power does not consider it necessary to spend money on young people." “For Kudrin, apparently, it is inappropriate to fulfill the president’s order,” the people's chosen one was indignant.

The press secretary of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin explained the meaning of Kudrin’s words: Interdepartmental coordination of the issue of the program will continue. “If the point of view of the Ministry of Finance wins, then the program will be folded. If the authors succeed in arguing its position, then it will be accepted,” Dmitry Peskov said.