Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in a television interview released over the weeked that the fall in oil pricesmeant the Russian budget would be short of more than 39 billion dollars.
Ukraine Today: Russian officials sound alarm bells as oil prices plummet
Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (L) and Economic Development Minister, Alexei Ulyukayev, attend a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 25, 2013.
