SPEAKER:  THE SENATORS THE LAW OVER THE ALTERATIONS AT THE
HAUSHALT-2001 APPROVING OF








MOSCOW, 14 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent).  Jegor
Strojew, speaker of the federation advice - upper house of the Russian
parliament, is convinced that the upper house at the session will
approve of the law over the alterations and supplements at the
Haushalt-2001 on Wednesday.

This law is necessary, since Russia is to pay all foreign debts off in
this year in relation to the world financial organisations.

The senators have sometimes no reason to reject " the law ", avowed
Strojew before the press before the session.

The chairman of the upper house discussed the problem of the budget
receipts 2001 on Tuesday within one and a half hours with vice-prime
minister and Minister of Finance Alexej Kudrin.  Strojew noted here
that " the budget receipts to some extent exceed the editions.  That
is sufficient for the social programs of Russia and the payment by
instalments of the foreign debts ".