2.4 trillion rubles: war and secret expenses "ate" a third budget of Russia - Bloobmberg

According to an independent Russian economist Alexandra Suslin, the Russians, in particular, had to increase the costs of the occupied territories. Economist Oleksandr Isakov believes that the increase in expenditures is also associated with Putin's hurry to fulfill some projects to the new election race for the presidential chair.

"The sharp increase in costs is due to the purchase of military equipment, the salaries of mobilized Russians and the desire to complete some infrastructure projections before the end of the current presidential term next year. But it will try to keep the budget deficit below 4% of the gross domestic product, "Isakov said.

According to journalists, as of March 24, the costs of "national defense" reached 531 billion rubles, doubled compared to last year, and another 379 billion rubles were spent on safety and law enforcement. Having made 2. 58 trillion rubles, the deficit approached the planned level for the first two months only for the year in general, for which the Ministry of Finance expected at the level of 2. 93 trillion rubles.

Bloomberg's forecasts, the federal budget deficit this year will be 3-4% of the domestic gross product. It is reported that in 2022 the Government of the Russian Federation laid a large -scale increase in expenditures on the armed forces, and the costs of defense should exceed the initial budget expectations this year by more than 43%.

We will remind, on March 23 the first deputy chairman of the military-industrial commission of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev stated that for 2022, 1500 tanks were produced in Russia. Earlier, on March 13, it was reported that Ukraine will increase defense costs. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported the bill to increase the state budget expenditures by UAH 537 billion.