Ministry of Finance has prepared amendments to the Tax Code which will introduce a temporary surcharge on severance tax for gas produced in Russia for Gazprom. The amount of the exemption could reach 416 billion rubles, according to a document seen by Interfax. In the explanatory materials of the Ministry it is said that it was decided to make an additional exemption to the federal budget for severance tax on natural gas production in connection with the prices on European markets.