Russian

authorities are discussing the possibility of closing a large number of state institutions across the country amid a sharp drop in budget revenues, the deficit of which exceeded 3 trillion rubles by mid-March.

RBC

informs about this

.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed to the government to reduce the number of federal institutions — the most numerous type of state structures, the maintenance of which costs the state 1.8 trillion rubles every year.

The newspaper reports that in the draft of the final report of the Ministry of Finance for 2022, it is proposed to put all federal institutions under the knife, except for those under the control of law enforcement agencies.

This measure, as noted by the Russian Ministry of Finance, will help "increase the efficiency of budget expenditures."

As of March 21, according to the department's statistics, they almost doubled their income: 7 trillion rubles against 3.7 trillion.

In particular, it is proposed to close scientific research institutes, analytical centers, archives, museums, polyclinics and hospitals attached to ministries and departments, as well as leprosariums, anti-plague centers and psychiatric hospitals.

Military commissariats, pretrial detention centers, institutions of the Federal Migration Service and the Federal Customs Service also have the status of federal institutions.

Reductions can be "quite voluminous".

Later, the process may affect other state structures.

We will remind, earlier it was reported that

Russia will not be able to produce and modernize more than 1,600 tanks

in the coming years, despite the corresponding 

promise of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin

.

There is currently no mass production of tanks in the Russian Federation.

In addition, we previously reported that Russia

is not making vital defense supplies to the Indian military because of the war in Ukraine

.

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