Treasury: Russia’s Jan–Nov federal budget deficit at 957.4 bln rbl

MOSCOW, Dec 10 (PRIME) -- The deficit of Russia’s federal budget amounted to 957.389 billion rubles in January–November against a 1.273 trillion ruble surplus in the same period a year ago, as seen by PRIME in the Federal Treasury’s materials Thursday.

The federal budget revenue stood at 12.174 trillion rubles as of December 1, while the budget spending reached 13.131 trillion rubles.

Amendments to Russia’s budget law, approved in November, encompass 2015 budget revenue of 13.251 trillion rubles and spending of 15.417 trillion rubles, with deficit of 2.165 trillion rubles or 3% of gross domestic product.

(69.2000 rubles – U.S. $1)

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