The rate of inflation in Russia will amount to 8-8.5% in 2010, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Tuesday.
Official forecasts put the figure at 7-8%.
The country's 2010 budget deficit will be around 4.5%, which is 0.8% lower than official forecasts, Nabiullina told journalists in Geneva.
She said the ministry expected Russia's economic growth to amount to 3.8% by yearend.
GENEVA, November 23 (RIA Novosti)
