This document was drafted by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the list of state programmes of the Russian Federation, approved by Government Directive No 1950-r dated November 11, 2010, for the purpose of ensuring the long-term balance and stability of the budget system and improving the quality of state finances management.

The state programme includes the following sub-programmes:

·        Long-Term Financial Planning;

·        Regulatory-Methodological Support and Organisation of the Budget Process;

·        Organisation of Control and Oversight in the Financial-Budget Sphere;

·        Ensure the Operation of the Tax System of the Russian Federation and its Development;

·        Manage the Public Debt and State Financial Assets of the Russian Federation;

·        Expand the International Financial and Economic Cooperation of the Russian Federation;

·        Establish the Online Budget State Integrated Data Network for Managing Public Finances;

·        State Regulation of the Precious Metals and Gems Sector, Establishment and Use of the State Precious Metals and Gems Repository of the Russian Federation;

·        State Regulation in the Sphere of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products Manufacture and Sales.

Expected results of the state programme:

·        Create stable financial conditions for sustained economic growth, for improved living standards and quality of life, as well as conditions for ensuring national security;

·        Create conditions for more cost-effective financial management at legal entities in order to fulfill state/municipal functions, to meet individual and public demand for state/municipal services and to make these services better and more affordable;

·        Ensure substantial tax-revenue and budget-revenue volumes, reduce the correlation between the volume of tax-revenue and budget-revenue debt and the volume of tax and budget revenue being channeled into the budget system of the Russian Federation; increase the share of tax-payers who approve the work of tax agencies;  and create a stable and predictable tax system;

·        Convert most federal budget expenditures to the principles of targeted-programme planning, control and the subsequent assessment of cost-effective use; ensure the active use of targeted-programme planning in Russian regions and at municipal entities;

·        Ensure compliance of state and municipal finances with modern global financial accounting and transparency standards.