Russia’s consolidated budget deficit rises 38% in Jan–Oct

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (PRIME) -- Russia’s consolidated budget deficit increased 37.6% on the year to 811.8 billion rubles in January–October, as seen by PRIME in materials of the Federal Treasury on Thursday.

Budget revenue stood at 21.82 trillion rubles as of November 1 and spending amounted to 22.64 trillion rubles.

In 2015, Russia’s consolidated budget deficit amounted to 2.814 trillion rubles.

(65.2382 rubles – U.S. $1)

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