Russian state’s oil and gas revenues decline in 2025

Russia’s budget revenues from oil and natural gas sales have dropped by more than 20% in 2025, according to data released by the finance ministry in ￰0￱ department blamed the significant decrease on lower oil ￰1￱ official stats come amid increased ￰2￱ on buyers of Russian crude around the ￰3￱ budget receipts from oil and gas decline Federal budget revenues from the oil and gas sector were just under 6.03 trillion rubles (less than $72 billion) in the first eight months of the year, Russia’s Ministry of Finance (Minfin) ￰4￱ total is 20.2% lower than during the same period of last year, according to the data published on the department’s website and quoted by the official TASS news agency late on ￰5￱ ministry explained that revenues fell mainly due to a decrease in the average price of oil and commented: “The receipt of oil and gas revenues in January-August of this year was at a level exceeding their base amount, but there are risks of their decline due to the weakening price situation.” At the same time, non-oil and gas budget revenues increased by 14.3% year-on-year between January and August 2025, reaching 17.7 trillion rubles, or almost $210 billion, according to current exchange rates on Wednesday.

“Revenues from turnover taxes, including VAT, increased by 6% year-on-year in January-August, which corresponds to the trends of cooling domestic demand and inflation,” the Minfin also detailed. Meanwhile, Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced that oil and gas budget revenues for 2026 will be estimated based on an average price of $59 per ￰6￱ government official told the RBC radio: “We see that analysts are saying that in the medium term, Brent will cost somewhere around $60-65 per barrel.” “Today, we have discounts to the Brent brand, so it seems to me that the forecast made by the Ministry of Economic Development for the price of oil is quite balanced, $59, somewhere around $60 in the following years,” Siluanov added, also quoted by ￰7￱ pressure takes toll on Russian oil exports In August, Russia’s total monthly fossil fuel export revenues decreased for a third consecutive month, declining by 2% over July, to €564 million per day ($660 million), according to figures quoted by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), a Finland-based ￰8￱ month, the five largest importers of Russian fuels – China, India, Turkey, the European Union, and South Korea – paid Russia €979 million (over $1.1 billion) for fossil fuels, the independent research organization unveiled in its monthly analysis , published Sept. 10.

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