State payments to oil exporters consume nearly half of Russia’s windfall from high prices, data show Russia’s Finance Ministry released April oil and gas revenue figures showing taxes paid by exporters for March — the first full month of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, when oil prices spiked sharply. The independent Russian political newsletter Faridaily was among the first to flag the publication.
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Russia’s Finance Ministry released April oil and gas revenue figures showing taxes paid by exporters for March — the first full month of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, when oil prices spiked sharply. The independent Russian political newsletter Faridaily was among the first to flag the publication.
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