MOSCOW (Reuters) – Proposed changes to oil industry taxation, including fixed discounts on Russian oil to dated Brent, will boost Russia’s state budget by 600 billion roubles ($8.2 billion) this year, Deputy Finance Minister Mikhail Kotyukov said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on budget and taxes, Kotyukov also said the proposed changes will not have a negative impact on Russian oil production.
($1 = 73.5340 roubles)
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Darya Korsunskaya and Olesya Astakhova; Editing by David Goodman)
