Russia had 2025 federal budget deficit of 2.6% of GDP - Siluanov

MOSCOW. Jan 15 (Interfax) - Russia had a federal budget deficit of 2.6% of GDP 2025, as planned, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Interfax.

"As planned, it was 2.6% of GDP," he said, when asked how big the deficit was for last year.

The planned federal budget deficit for the year was originally 1.173 trillion rubles or 0.5% of GDP but spring amendments to the budget increased the planned deficit to 3.792 trillion rubles or 1.7% of GDP and autumn amendments to 5.737 trillion rubles or 2.6% of GDP.

The budget had a January-November 2025 deficit of 4.276 trillion rubles or 2% of GDP according to preliminary estimates, the Finance Ministry has said. The Federal Treasury said later that the deficit was 4.011 trillion rubles for 11M 2025.