“If we even focused on the values of today, which are now about $ 35, and the ruble exchange rate of about 72 per dollar, we will not receive oil and gas revenues of about 3 trillion rubles,” he said during a speech at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and financial markets.
Kudrin added that the budget deficit would then be less than 2% of GDP.
“At the same time, economic growth will be closer to zero this year. Accordingly, the values of all other indicators in terms of growth in real incomes of the population will be lower, ”the head of the Accounts Chamber emphasized.
According to Kudrin, the next two months will show which scenario the global economy will go in.
As Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin previously said, the situation in the Russian economy is under the control of the government and the head of state, and the country has a "large margin of safety", including the Central Bank's gold and currency assets.
For example, the Bank of Russia's gold and foreign currency assets exceeded $ 570 billion and the volume of liquid assets of the National Wealth Fund is estimated at more than 10 trillion rubles.