Russia-Belarus Union State budget to be approved in November

The budget of Russian-Belarus Union State for 2006 could be approved as soon as this November, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky has announced at a meeting of the council of ministers held in Minsk.

The ministers were to consider parameters of the union state budget for 2006. Russia is projected to account for RUR1.760bn (around USD63m) of the state union budget. Belarus' share is RUR948m (around USD33.85m).