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From June 5 to July 6, the agency directed 208.2 billion rubles toward these goals—approximately 9.9 billion rubles per day. During this same period (June 5 to July 6), the Ministry of Finance purchased foreign currency and gold worth 208.2 billion rubles (9.9 billion rubles daily).

Consensus

The Ministry of Finance will reduce daily purchases of foreign currency and gold under the budget rule starting July 7, 2026
Daily purchase volume will decrease from 9.9 billion rubles to 5.4 billion rubles per day
Total amount allocated for this period is 123.2 billion rubles

Points of divergence

The reduction in daily purchases will be almost twice as much (approximately 2x) — kommersant
The reduction in daily purchases is approximately 1.8 times — vedomosti
The expected additional oil and gas revenues for the budget reached 147.3 billion rubles — kommersant
Ministry of Finance expects additional oil and gas revenues in July 2026 amounting to 147.3 billion rubles — vedomosti
The cumulative deviation of actual oil and gas revenues from expected monthly volume for June 2026 was 24.1 billion rubles — kommersant
The deviation of actual oil and gas revenues from the expected monthly volume for June 2026 was minus 24.1 billion rubles — vedomosti
In March and April, the Ministry of Finance did not conduct these operations due to planned changes in the oil cutoff price — kommersant
From May 8 onwards, purchases of currency and gold under the budget rule were resumed after a pause — vedomosti

Coverage (2 sources)

Ministry of Finance to cut foreign currency and gold purchases by nearly half from July 7 under budget rules — Коммерсантъ
Ministry of Finance to reduce purchases of foreign currency and gold starting July 7 — Ведомости