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Russian dependence on oil and gas revenues declined significantly — Putin

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 111 words
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the Russian economy's dependence on oil and gas revenues has decreased. He cited a drop in the oil and gas component of the GDP from over 40% to approximately 23%.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 2
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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What happened

The dependence of the national economy on oil and gas revenues declined significantly in recent years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the St.

Why it matters

Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Common ground

"The dependence of the Russian economy and the Russian budget on oil and gas revenues declined significantly in recent years - not during the time related to sanctions but simply over the recent years, in a natural way," the president said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the Russian economy's dependence on oil and gas revenues has decreased. He cited a drop in the oil and gas component of the GDP from over 40% to approximately 23%.

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The dependence of the national economy on oil and gas revenues declined significantly in recent years”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the share of budget revenues from the oil and gas sector has fallen considerably in recent years. Specifically, one source notes that the share of fiscal revenue from the oil industry has halved compared to the first half of the 2010s.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 20, 2026 ... ... oil companies. The share of total budget revenues from the oil and gas sector has fallen considerably in recent years, but oil money still ...
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/research/2026/0…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 26, 2026 ... Order a copy of our magazine Too Long: https://toolong.news/collections/tl007 Russia's oil industry has taken a hit as revenues have fallen, ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajeVIKFLRsQ
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web search NEUTRAL — Although the share of fiscal revenue which comes from the oil industry has halved compared to the first half of the 2010s, it exceeded 25 per cent in 2025. Tax ...
https://nestcentre.org/russia-war-and-oil/
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Claim 2: “While the oil and gas component of the Russian GDP was above 40% before, the indicator is about 23% at present”
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While the evidence for Claim 0 discusses general trends in budget revenue, the specific figures provided for Claim 1 (decreasing from above 40% to about 23% of GDP) are not present in the provided evidence. The web results for this claim are generic oil price charts and general Wikipedia pages on the Russian economy that do not list these specific percentages.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a list of Russian federal subjects by Gross regional domestic product (GRDP).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_federal_subjec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institution…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…
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