INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
citing Finance Ministry data.In 2022, the federal budget received 19.1 billion rubles ($192.4 million) from forced labor performed by
first five months of 2023, the federal budget has already received 7.6 billion rubles ($77.5 million) from using convict labor.Russia
statement.The federal budget deficit has also soared since the start of the war in Ukraine, with the country spending more in the first half
of 2023 than originally targeted for the entire year.
