“In case of a worsening of the situation with income, we will definitely not plan to increase the tax burden here.

If the revenues are not received, we will either borrow, if oil and gas revenues do not come, we will spend from the National Welfare Fund, "RIA Novosti quotes him.

In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal budget law for 2021 and for the planning period 2022-2023.

The budget deficit in 2021 is planned at 2.75 trillion rubles, in 2022 - 1.25 trillion, in 2023 - 1.41 trillion rubles.