The RF Ministry of Finance calls this simply a “deviation”.
In April, Russia's budget fell short of its 133.1 billion rubles (almost two billion dollars) of oil and gas revenues, said Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
“ The total deviation of the actually received oil and gas revenues from the expected monthly volume of oil and gas revenues and the estimate of the base monthly volume of oil and gas revenues from the base monthly volume of oil and gas revenues in April 2022 amounted to -133.1 billion rubles, “the Russian Finance Ministry said.
According to them, the budget should have received 798.4 billion rubles from the sale of oil and gas. In March, Russia lost more than $ 4.4 billion in oil and gas revenues .
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Earlier, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested that EU countries impose a ban on imports of crude oil from Russia for six months, and oil products – until the end of 2022.
According to her, the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia will target banks, including Sberbank and oil.
Restricting energy exports from Russia has been hotly debated in the EU for weeks. Read more about this in the article by Mykhailo Honchar “Europe in Russia's energy trap: how to overcome dependence?” .
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