RIA NOVOSTI. The Russian government expects to see an inflow of around Rub 150 into the budget this year from dividend to be paid out by state-owned enterprises, a federal official familiar with the matter told RIA Novosti.
"I think that overall roughly Rub 150 bln in 2016 dividend payouts may come from state-owned enterprises," said the same source.
Some time ago the Finance Ministry submitted to the Russian government a draft executive order aiming to put state-owned enterprises under obligation to pay out 50% of profit in dividend. 2017 federal budget revenues were calculated on this basis, although no final decision on dividend payouts at state-owned enterprises has yet been officially announced.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in early April that federal budget spending could be raised in 2017 by an additional non-O&G revenues of Rub 200 bln, but this would be possible only if state-owned enterprises pay out 50% of profit in dividend.
