The secret spending of the Russian budget since 2023 has exceeded 3 trillion. rubles, which is about 388 billion dollars.
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According to The Bell, this follows from the data of the federal portal “Electronic budget” updated on May 16.
Since the beginning of the year, budget expenditures have amounted to 11.9 trillion rubles, however, expenditures for the total amount of 8.8 trillion rubles are distributed in certain areas in the operational data on the implementation of the federal budget. The remaining 3.1 trillion are thus classified as classified budget expenditures.
At the same time, as The Bell notes, if at the end of March secret items of expenditure accounted for about a third of the total budget expenditures, now their share has dropped to 26%. However, in absolute terms, these costs still remain in first place.
Most of the closed budget items are for defense, national security and law enforcement. After the start of a full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine, experts noted, the costs of maintaining the occupied territories of Ukraine were also classified as a secret part.
The federal budget of Russia in January-April was executed with a deficit of 3.4 trillion rubles, follows from the preliminary data of the Ministry of Finance. Thus, the Russian budget deficit for the four months of 2023 is ahead of the forecast for the whole year – the budget law provides for a deficit of 2.93 trillion rubles. rubles.
Source: Racurs
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