MOSCOW. Sept 26 (Interfax) - Russia's Finance Ministry has proposed expanding the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) this year and is, for instance, mulling the option of using a portion of the Central Bank of Russia's (CBR) profit from its sale of shares in Sberbank and Rosneftegaz's profit for this purpose, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said while presenting a draft budget for 2013-2015 to the United Russia Party in the State Duma.

"Regarding the CBR and Rosneftegaz's profits, I think that we will look at this with you while preparing amendments for the 2012 budget