MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Russia plans to post a budget
deficit in 2023 of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), Finance
Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday, despite towering
spending and slumping energy revenues contributing to a huge
shortfall in January.
Russia recorded a budget deficit of almost $25 billion in
January, as expenditures soared and revenues slumped, in large
part due to falling oil and gas revenues, the lifeblood of
Russia's economy.
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Alexander Marrow;
Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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