The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has published a preliminary assessment of the federal budget execution for January-February 2025.
Thus, revenues amounted to 5,344 billion rubles, while the bulk (3,784 billion rubles or 71%) was generated by non-oil and gas revenues, and oil and gas revenues brought 1,560 billion rubles (29% of the total).
At the same time, federal budget expenditures turned out to be significantly higher and reached 8,045 billion rubles, which was 50.5% higher than the amount of revenue received.
As a result, in January-February 2025, a budget deficit of 2,701 billion rubles was formed, accounting for more than half of total revenues.