Russian Budget to Receive Some $2.6 Bln in Dividends of State Companies for 2016

About 150 billion ($2.6 billion) rubles of state companies' dividends for 2016 can be collected to Russian budget, according to a federal official familiar with the situation.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian government expects to receive about 150 billion rubles ($2.6 billion) into the 2017 budget from dividends of companies with state participation for 2016, a federal official familiar with the situation told Sputnik Thursday.

"I think that as a whole, about 150 billion rubles of state companies' dividends for 2016 can be collected," the source said.