This book is a study of the process by which the expenditure side of the Russian federal budget is determined. Budgetary policy issues and the actors and procedures involved in their resolution are examined. The chapters originally published in a special issue in Post-Communist Economies.

Stephen Fortescue is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and a Visiting Fellow in the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University. He is a specialist on the Russian policy-making process, particularly as it relates to economic policy.

1. Russian federal budget formation: introduction Stephen Fortescue 2. The social budget policy process in Russia at a time of crisis Marina Khmelnitskaya 3. The Russian budgetary process and defence: finding the 'golden mean' Julian Cooper 4. Russian experts: missing actors of the budget process Lev Jakobson 5. Amending budget bills in the Russian State Duma Ben Noble 6. The role of the executive in Russian budget formation Stephen Fortescue