MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia may start building up its Reserve Fund in the second half of 2017, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Saturday.
He added that if oil prices average $50 per barrel and rouble rate remains at current levels, the budget could get additional 1 trillion roubles (£13.5 billion) in oil and gas revenues, resulting in a budget deficit of around 2 percent of gross domestic product in 2017.