The state debt of Russia in the first half of 2021 exceeded 20 trillion rubles.

According to preliminary data, the size of the public debt as of July 1, 2021 amounted to 20,423,507.6 million rubles, which is 17.7 percent of the projected GDP. It is noted that for six months it increased by 1,483,105.4 million rubles (7.8 percent).

Russia’s domestic debt increased by 1.435 trillion rubles (9.7 percent) to 16.187 trillion rubles. Its share in the total volume of public debt in the first half of the year increased from 77.9 to 79.3 percent. External debt increased by $ 1.839 billion (3.2 percent) – up to $ 58.542 billion. At the same time, in ruble terms, these indicators amounted to 47.871 billion rubles (1.1 percent) and 4.237 trillion rubles, respectively.