In the first five months of this year the Russian budget deficit amounted to 1.5 trillion rubles. Such data are contained in the report of the Accounts Chamber of Russia.
It clarifies that the federal budget’s revenues for the same period fell by 13.4% to 4.6 trillion rubles, while expenses increased to 6.1 trillion rubles, Gazeta.ru, writes.
The external public debt is $ 50.9 billion.
