And so, the plummeting price of crude could soon create a budget deficit, directly impacting Russians employed by the government - more than half the national work force and their families.

• 很快，原油价格的直线跌落将会造成预算的赤字，直接影响受雇于政府的俄罗斯民众--包括国家劳动大军的一半多人员和他们的家庭成员。