11.   Concerned about low budget revenues, the IMF suspended release of monthly tranches of the loan last month.

12.   Finance Minister Ihor Mitiukov, in turn, said those questions concerned the abolition of subsidies for communal payments, long an IMF demand, and budget revenues.

13.   He also said that the government had established a commission on budget revenues on Friday.

14.   He said he expects a fierce debate as some deputies have accused the government of artificially lowering the planned budget revenues.

15.   He said the measure would sharply curtail budget revenues.

16.   If the funds needed to service foreign debt exceeds budget revenues, inflation could be triggered, he said, according to the Interfax news agency.

17.   However, it did not revise the budget revenue and spending targets.

18.   In addition to the trade deficit, the government has again been struggling this year with its perennial inability to collect all projected budget revenue.

19.   It was not clear which oil price was used to forecast budget revenues.

20.   It had delayed release of the installment out of concern about declining budget revenues.