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Oil, gas revenue collapse deepens Russia’s budget crisis
Caliber ^ | 8/5/2025 | Vafa Guliyeva

Posted on 08/05/2025 12:44:00 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russia’s oil and gas revenues continued their steep decline in 2025, falling by 18.5% in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2024, Russian Finance Ministry confirmed.

Between January and July 2025, oil and gas revenues totaled 5.522 trillion rubles ($58.13 billion), reflecting a deepening contraction in one of the Kremlin’s most vital sources of income, Caliber.Az reports per Russian media.

The figures illustrate a clear pattern of accelerating decline: revenue dropped by 3.7% in the first two months, by 10.3% over four months, and by 14.4% through May—culminating in a sharp 27% year-on-year fall in July alone.

In monetary terms, July’s revenues from oil and gas amounted to just 787 billion rubles ($9.86 billion), highlighting the scale of the monthly drop. Simultaneously, budget receipts from the mineral extraction tax (MET) on crude oil and gas condensate fell by an even steeper 34.3%, reaching 885.2 billion rubles ($11.08 billion).

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The figures illustrate a clear pattern of accelerating decline: revenue dropped by 3.7% in the first two months, by 10.3% over four months, and by 14.4% through May—culminating in a sharp 27% year-on-year fall in July alone.
1 posted on 08/05/2025 12:44:00 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Stalingrad 2.0.


2 posted on 08/05/2025 12:47:44 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin was robbing the state pension fund to prop up the economy.

That is gone. Oil revenues down. Oligarchs are getting restless.


3 posted on 08/05/2025 1:17:52 PM PDT by TexasGator (1.1There is no Sharknado system)
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Can Zelenski hołd out until the riots in Moscow start?


4 posted on 08/05/2025 1:18:49 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin should give Hunter a call and put in on the board of directors.


5 posted on 08/05/2025 1:22:17 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: marcusmaximus

A good sign for the upcoming Ukraine peace talks. Russia derives much of its revenue for conducting the war mostly from oil sales. Now they’re dropping. That means Putin has more incentive than he did to go into the talks and to reach a settlement. Much of this is no doubt due to our own policy of encouraging drilling.


6 posted on 08/05/2025 1:52:55 PM PDT by libstripper
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This whole India/Tariff dance should be interesting also. If India cuts Russian imports that certainly isn’t good for Putin. I’m just not sure of the extent. I also don’t know the long-term impact the drone strikes have had on Russian refining.


7 posted on 08/05/2025 1:57:53 PM PDT by SpirituTuo ( )
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To: marcusmaximus

Wishful thinking. Russia is not going to collapse - not only that, you don’t want them to collapse - they have a huge number of nukes and the means to deliver them.

So we are supposed to hate Russians, Chinese, Arabs? No thanks. That is just xenophobia - no different than the KKK.

The whole reason for the war is that the West lusts for the natural resources of Russia - lots of oil etc.

The predictions about Russia and China have been consistently wrong for years now - I know why you believe this - psych ops work.

Our government should not be using the psych ops on us - both parties do it - simply evil. Only fools listen to the war drums.


8 posted on 08/05/2025 4:44:17 PM PDT by paulk ( If one fails to learn self discipline, Don't worry; there will be others to boss you around. -kps )
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Russia is a craphole. So is India and the rest of BRICS. Eff them.


9 posted on 08/05/2025 5:45:08 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Bkmk


10 posted on 08/05/2025 6:27:05 PM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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