The Ministry of Finance spoke about plans to increase privatization revenues by 100 times

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov spoke about his intention to adjust the planned volume of budget revenues in 2024 from privatization transactions. The volume should increase approximately 100 times, to 100 billion rubles.

“The receipt of additional income and funds from privatization in our budget this year is a little more than 1 billion. We believe that the figure should be adjusted – we set the task of generating at least 100 billion rubles,” Mr. Siluanov said at an extended meeting of the board of the Federal Property Management Agency (quote from “Interfax”).

The minister added that in 2023, the Federal Property Management Agency sold property worth 21 billion rubles. As a result of working with enterprises, according to him, more than 8 billion rubles have been optimized. expenses.

In the federal budget for 2024–2026, the Ministry of Finance included the amount of income from privatization in the amount of 1.2 billion rubles. annually. In December 2023 Anton Siluanov reportedthat the Ministry of Finance has included about 30 companies with state participation on the government list for possible privatization.

Last December, Mr. Siluanov said that his department submitted to the government a proposal to reduce the state share in 30 companies where it exceeds 50%. The Ministry of Finance then proposed reducing the share of participation to a controlling stake.

More details in the text “Kommersant” “Semi-automatic transaction”.

Petr Buzlaev