Linking the rates of housing and community services affects the costs of the budget system, a substantive discussion is required on this issue, said Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov in the State Duma "... Tariffs directly affect inflation. If we are talking about the budget, an inflation of 1 p.a., taking into account all the linkage to the index, established in our legislation, - in the entire budget system we are talking about additional spending obligations of about 400 billion dollars." The lower the rates will be, the lower the inflation will be, and accordingly, the expenses in the budget system will be "more compact, more focused", added the head of the Ministry of Finance. Energy today without VPN: max / site.