Ministry: Russia’s budget deficit at 955.9 bln rbl in Jan–Jun

MOSCOW, Jul 13 (PRIME) -- Russia’s federal budget deficit amounted to 955.881 billion rubles in January–June, the Finance Ministry said Monday citing preliminary estimates.

Budget revenue amounted to 9.091 trillion rubles and spending stood at 10.047 trillion rubles.

In June, the deficit stood at 682.179 billion rubles.    

The Federal Tax Service contributed 5.364 trillion rubles to the budget in January–June, the Federal Customs Service 2.042 trillion rubles, and the rest of federal authorities 1.686 trillion rubles.

(71.2298 rubles – U.S. $1)

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