1.   Disagreements on revenue projections often delay budget passage.

2.   Dini said he would offer to resign after the budget passage, opening the way for elections.

3.   He warned that delays in budget passage will prove costly for the cash-strapped government.

4.   The budget passage could also help Russia attract loans from international lenders, who froze disbursements after the crisis hit in mid-August.

5.   The fall was attributed to profit-taking by those who had bought shares low in anticipation of the budget passage, then sold off.

6.   Yeltsin, premier Victor Chernomyrdin and speakers of both parliament chambers discussed budget passage at a meeting Friday.