Ministry of Finance is preparing to mobilize resources for the next three years – Kommersant

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the department “has no serious concerns about budget execution” in 2023. But for the next three years, he said, the Ministry of Finance and the government are preparing for “resource mobilization.”

Speaking about the budget for the current year, Mr. Siluanov said that “there are no problems in terms of all basic solutions,” and in terms of additional ones, “resources will be found.” The minister assured that the department would fulfill all its priority obligations and “find money for new tasks that need to be addressed.”

“As for this year, in general, we will reach our planned targets, so we don’t have any special risks of fulfilling all our obligations … And for the next three years, we are now working out with the government, together with our colleagues in the government , resource mobilization tasks,” said Anton Siluanov (quoted by TASS).

Ministry of Finance tentatively appreciated the volume of federal budget revenues for January-June at 12.3 trillion rubles. This is 12% less than in the same period in 2022. The volume of expenses for the six months of the current year amounted to 14.9 trillion rubles. (growth by 19% year on year). The deficit for the first half of the year amounted to 2.595 trillion rubles. – in June it decreased by 816 billion rubles.

Read more about the budget of the Russian Federation – in the material “Kommersant” “The budget did not reach the base”.

Laura Keffer