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russia deficit blowout

Russia says no budget crisis despite deficit exceeding annual target

Russia's Jan-May deficit hit 6.01T rubles ($83.5B) - 160% of the full-year target - on a ~30% oil/gas revenue drop, and Moscow rushed a law to breach spending/borrowing ceilings without disclosure. Drove Russia fiscal_state near 1 -> -2. (Exile outlet; the government 'no crisis' framing is excluded, contradicted by its own deficit data.)

The Moscow Timesindependent
russia saratov refinery strikereconstructed

Ukrainian Drones Target Refinery In Latest Attack Deep Inside Russia

Ukrainian drones struck the Rosneft Saratov oil refinery overnight on May 31, sparking a large fire in a fuel-tank farm, alongside strikes on a Rostov fuel depot and the Lazarevo pumping station over 1,200 km away on the Siberia-to-Belarus crude route, degrading Russian refining throughput and export logistics.

RFE/RLindependent