MOSCOW, August 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's state debt decreased by 158.7 billion rubles, or $5.8 billion, to 2.9 trillion rubles, or $109.1 billion, during the first six months of 2006, a draft government report said Wednesday.
The Russian government will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss the implementation of the federal budget in the first half of 2006.
