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The leader of the Regions Party faction in parliament, Oleksandr Yefremov, has said that the law on the national budget for 2011 could be adopted by the parliament on December 23 or December 24.

Yefremov said that the cabinet is to discuss the draft law on December 8.

"We hope that by the end of the week, on Thursday or Friday [December 9 and December 10] it will be presented in parliament," he said.

"We will have the chance on Tuesday to submit it for work in the parliament, to hear it at first reading on Thursday, and on December 24 or December 23 to finally approve it," he said.