OREANDA-NEWS From January to mid-March 2024, the total gratuitous fees of the "exit tax" to the Russian budget reached the level of 35.7 billion rubles. This is reported by RBC with reference to the data of the state system "Electronic budget".

Such contributions include payments from transactions involving the sale of Russian assets to foreign companies from "unfriendly" states. A similar line in the budget appeared only in 2022, when Western countries began to actively impose sanctions against Russia. By the end of 2023, gratuitous receipts from companies amounted to 116.5 billion rubles.

The budget for 2024 included receipts for this income item in the amount of 2.1 billion rubles. Thus, after 2.5 months, the plan was exceeded 17 times. At the same time, in 2025 and 2026, gratuitous fees from businesses were not expected at all, as follows from the draft federal budget.

Earlier, it became known about another possible deal for the sale of Russian assets owned by a foreign company. The Vedomosti newspaper, citing sources, reported that the former division of the French Danone corporation, the Health & Nutrition company, may be acquired by Vamin Tatarstan and deputy head of the Chechen government Yakub Zakriev. It was clarified that the above—mentioned applicants can pay for assets in equal shares - 50 percent each.