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The Ukrainian parliament has registered the draft budget for 2010 adopted by the government on Monday.

The Verkhovna Rada registered the bill on Tuesday and posted it on its official Web site.

As reported, Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko signed the bill on
budget for 2010 after a presentation of the document held at the
Ukraina House in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers adopted the draft state budget
for 2010 basing on the macroeconomic indicators’ forecast it had passed
earlier.

He said that the draft budget envisages the receipts at UAH 285
billion, outlays at UAH 324 billion, the deficit of 3.97% of GDP. The
budget’s deficit is estimated at UAH 46.7 billion, including UAH 24.8
billion of the general fund and UAH 21.9 billion of the special fund.

The government plans domestic borrowings in 2010 at UAH 120 billion, foreign borrowings – at UAH 16 billion.

The budget relies on the average yearly gas price of $260 per 1,000 cubic meters.