According to Lenglet, who specializes in economics, Russia does not need funding because after the imposition of Western sanctions against the backdrop of a special operation in Ukraine, its income from energy exports increased by 40%.
“She is literally bathed in money ... Not in spite of, but thanks to the sanctions, which raised prices, unleashing market speculation.
A slightly smaller volume at much higher prices, which means a lot more money, ”said the journalist quoted by RIA Novosti.
At the same time, buyers of oil and gas in the West are forced to fight rising inflation, he stressed.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin previously said during a meeting with the head of the Federal Tax Service, Daniil Yegorov, the filling of the Russian budget is proceeding at the right pace, despite the problems that ill-wishers create for it, including the growing share of oil and gas and non-oil and gas revenues.