This year, authorities will cover a significant portion of the…
This year, authorities will cover a significant portion of the budget deficit through one-time funds, as clarified in the explanatory note to the new budget project: record "voluntary" business contributions totaling 471.5 billion rubles and the sale of confiscated assets worth 388 billion.
Coverage (3 sources)
- Russian billionaires will support a budget of 300 billion rubles. Earlier Putin called on big business to chip in for the war with Ukraine — ASTRA
- On what the budget is based, US strike on A7 and the price of attacks on oil refineries according to Putin's assessment — The Bell
- Billionaires under threat of asset seizure voluntarily handed 470 billion rubles to Putin's military budget — The Moscow Times