“Now we see, according to the budget submitted for the next three years, that the overall level of our national debt is growing.
However, in relation to GDP, it remains small, ”he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The interlocutor of the agency noted that according to this indicator, Russia is in the bottom ten countries of the world, and the global debt to global GDP is currently about 98%.
“We now have a national debt of a little less than 20%, it will be a little more than 20%,” Savatyugin explained.
According to him, the growth will be due to the internal debt - ruble bonds, which are more often purchased by local investors.
“This debt does not depend so much on the external environment, on sanctions risks, volatility of foreign investors who come and go.
And the share of the state external debt in our country will decrease, ”the auditor concluded.
The head of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, said earlier that the state has a sufficient safety cushion in order to respond to challenges.
He noted that 1.1 trillion rubles were reserved in the budget.