41.   The Cabinet sent the draft budget to the Duma on Friday night.

42.   The cash-strapped government approved a draft budget Thursday and sent it to parliament today.

43.   The cabinet will submit the draft budget to parliament by the end of March, said government spokesman Nikolai Baltov.

44.   The estimated costs were part of a draft budget for the International Criminal Court prepared by a U.N. working group.

45.   The draft budget still needs parliamentary approval and to be signed off by President Bashar Assad.

46.   The draft budget would now go to parliament where its adoption is not likely to run into trouble.

47.   The government is pushing tax laws and a draft budget it says will enable it to pay back wages and pensions and attract investment in the flagging economy.

48.   The government will submit the draft budget on Friday to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, Zadornov said.

49.   The draft budget will go to parliament for approval later this year and may be revised.

50.   The Duma will consider the draft budget on Sunday.