Sanctions do not help: income from oil and gas cover the costs of the Russian Federation for war with Ukraine - Hetmotsev
According to him, thanks to the reorientation of oil sales to China and India, which is 60% of maritime supplies from Russia, and the shadow fleet for 8 months of 2024 the surplus of current operations of the Russian Federation was $ 40. 5 billion (against 29 billion in the same period last year ). Hetmantsev reported that foreign trade surplus for goods amounted to $ 86. 4 billion against $ 74. 7 billion last year.
The People's Deputy noted that, according to German experts, in Russia in the first half of 2024, 5. 3 trillion rubles or $ 57 billion was directed to military expenses, which is 36% more than in the same period last year. At the same time, only the oil and gas revenues of the Russian budget should be 11 trillion rubles per year, which completely covers the costs of the war.
"Problems in the Russian Federation with the financing of military expenditures will begin when oil falls to $ 40 per barrel, not $ 75 as it costs now. From the standpoint of today and the existence of OPEC, such a fall twice, even on a long horizon, is unlikely scenario, " - said Hetmantsev. According to him, taxes in Ukraine are not enough to finance military expenses.
Because the order of numbers in the budget "check for war" is more or less similar, and the size of the economy is different from the economy of the Russian Federation. Therefore, it is not necessary to "lie to yourself", but to admit that the current regime of sanctions and the amount of military expenditures do not force the Russian Federation to peace. "We continue to give the most valuable thing we have - the lives of our defenders to maintain resistance to Russian aggression.
From the partners, I need much, again, I emphasize, much more, more steps in terms of sanctions, and in terms of supply of military equipment and weapons, and and weapons, and and weapons. In terms of security guarantees, to force the Russian Federation to look at its aggression in Ukraine as a unpromising history, "Hetmantsev said. Earlier, the media reported that investigators found schemes of earnings of the Russian Federation on the stolen Ukrainian grain.
Iran buys grain products in the Russian Federation at a price that is a third of the market. At the same time, Russian entrepreneurs assure that they have established effective grain export schemes despite all international sanctions. It was also reported that Hungary agreed to supply Russian oil through Ukraine. From September 9, the Hungarian company MOL has assumed the supply of crude oil on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Earlier, the Russian side was responsible for transportation.