Treasury: Federal budget’s deficit at 850 bln rbl in Jan–June

MOSCOW, Aug 17 (PRIME) -- Russia’s federal budget had a deficit of 849.818 billion rubles in January–June, the Federal Treasury said on Monday.

Budget revenue stood at 17.876 trillion rubles in the period, while spending was at 18.726 trillion rubles.

(73.2157 – U.S. $1)

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