“According to preliminary data, in the first half of 2021, the state debt of the Russian Federation increased by 1,483,105.4 million rubles, or 7.8%, and as of July 1, 2021 amounted to 20,423,507.6 million rubles (17, 7% of the projected GDP), ”the report says.

In June, it was reported that Russia's public debt for the first quarter of 2021 increased by 741.3 billion rubles and reached 19.7 trillion rubles.