What is the federal budget spent on?

The Ministry of Finance published a preliminary assessment execution of the budget for January-May 2023. The volume of income amounted to 9.818 trillion rubles, which is 19% lower than in the same period last year. Expenses for this period amounted to 13.229 trillion rubles, which is 27% higher year-on-year. As noted in the commentary of the department, the monthly dynamics of the execution of expenses is gradually returning to a normal level after the accelerated financing of certain items at the beginning of the year. An idea of ​​what and how much state funds are spent on can be obtained from operational datapublished on the Electronic Budget portal. According to information as of early June, the largest articles are social policy, national economy and defense. Least of all allocated to culture, media and sports.

If we compare the execution of expenditures with the planned annual indicators laid down in the law on the budget, more than half has already been spent under the items of interbudgetary transfers, defense and education. At the same time, the annual appropriations for public administration under the section “nationwide issues” were executed only by 31%.