Abstract:
The Russian government approved amendments to the 2007 budget on Thursday to increase state investment to 640 billion rubles ($26 billion).
Of Stabilization Fund resources, 180 billion rubles ($7 billion) will be invested in the Development Bank, 90 billion rubles ($3.6 billion) in the investment fund, including 15 billion rubles ($601 million) to double the Russian Venture Company's capitalization, and another 30 billion rubles ($1.2 billion) will be allocated to the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation.