Moscow, 6 October: The Russian government intends to significantly cut down the number of civil servants and expenditure on state administration, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Sobyanin has said.

"This year the number of civil servants should be considerably reduced as well as the cost of state administration both in the centre and the regions," Sobyanin told a coordination meeting on the fight against corruption at the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office.

Despite the economic crisis the number of civil servants continues to increase, he said. "On the whole, expenditure on civil servants around the country has considerably increased in recent years, including expenditure on state administration, almost by 30 per cent. Moreover, part of the expenses significantly exceeded the norms set by the budget," he added.

He also said that in 2008 there were 172 civil servants per 10,000 people in Russia, or 11 per cent more than in 2007.

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