Bloomberg reported on the “unprecedented” classification of the budget of the Russian budget
The government in the draft federal budget of Russia for 2023 is classified or not provided for by the appointment of planned expenditures of 6.5 trillion rubles – this is almost a quarter of the planned amounts (about 29 trillion rubles), wrote Bloomberg based on possible estimates.
According to Bloomberg, the level of secrecy in the draft budget for next year is “unprecedented” and the high quality of the Russian authorities’ reluctance to disclose budget receipts and expenditures. By counting Vedomosti, spending on secret and top-secret items is approximately 23% of the total spending.
According to the draft budget, Russia’s spending on national defense in 2023 will take up 17% of the total budget. In statistical terms, the figure will immediately grow by 43% – up to 4.98 trillion rubles, the election of Vedomosti. In addition, 4.4 trillion rubles (15% of the budget) is planned to be allocated to the article “National Security and Infectious Activity”. It turns out that defense and security take up part of the spending of the entire federal budget in 2023. The country’s economy was only in fourth place in terms of expected spending: 3.5 trillion rubles. In the first place is “social policy” (7.3 trillion rubles, or 25.3% of the heavy budget).
This year, according to the law on the budget, expenditures for 23.7 trillion rubles are planned, of which 4 trillion rubles (17%) have been closed. However, according to the results of the first half of the year, the Accounts Chamber informedthat the share of federal budget expenditures on closed items reached 18.6%, Vedomosti notes. According to the publication, the most closed budget was in 2015 (the year after the annexation of Crimea and the start of the conflict in Donbass – more than 21%), most likely in 2021 (only 14.9% of classified spending). On average, about 17% of observations have been classified over the past five years, with the exception of the newspaper.
Government 28 September americao to the State Duma project budget of Russia for 2023-2025. According to the draft budget, in 2023 it will amount to 26.13 trillion rubles, in 2024 – 27.24 trillion rubles, in 2025 – 27.98 trillion rubles. the main deficit coverage is planned to make recovery recovery.
Since February 24, Russia has carried out a “special military rifle” * in Ukraine. The cost of the “operation” of the authorities is not disclosed. After it began, partial government consumption statistics were published. On September 21, Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in Russia. On September 30, he signed documents on the inclusion of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine, into Russia, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov announced.
*According to the requirements of Roskomnadzor, when producing materials for use in production in Ukraine, all Russian media are required to use materials only from conventional sources of the Russian Federation. We cannot publish materials during which an operation called “attack”, “invasion” or “declaration of war” is carried out, unless it is a direct quote (Article 57 of the Federal Law on the Media). In case of violation of the requirements, the media may be fined 5 million rubles, and the blocking of the publication may also be continued.