Russian Finance Ministry sets Hormuz opening scenario for $50/bbl oil price in budget

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Sep 24, 2026 · 184 words

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What to know about Russian Finance Ministry sets Hormuz opening scenario for $50/bbl oil price in budget

Igor Yushkov, an energy security expert, suggests that the Russian Ministry of Finance has set a conservative base oil price of $50 per barrel in its budget. This approach is intended to mitigate financial risks and avoid budget revisions amid global market volatility and instability in the Middle East.

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What happened

Setting the base oil price in the budget at $50 per barrel means that the Russian Ministry of Finance is already factoring an open Strait of Hormuz scenario into its forecast, Igor Yushkov, an expert from the Financial University and the National Energy…

Why it matters

"The Ministry of Finance has taken a very conservative approach to assessing future oil and gas revenues, making it a bet on stability," the expert noted.

Common ground

"Essentially, the Ministry of Finance is now factoring in a Strait of Hormuz opening scenario to ensure it does not depend on this factor," he said.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Russian Finance Ministry sets Hormuz opening scenario for $50/bbl oil price in budget?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that in March, following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, it jumped to $77?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “in March, following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, it jumped to $77”

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Two independent sources confirm that the price of Russian oil rose to $77 per barrel in March 2026. 'The Insider' explicitly links this to budget revenues and the Ministry of Economic Development, and another source links the revenue increase to the war in the Middle East.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ural, also known as the Yaik , is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia. It originates in the southern Ural Mountains and discharges into …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2026 in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ural-4320 is a general purpose off-road 6×6 vehicle, produced at the Ural Automotive Plant in Miass, Russia for use by the Russian Army. The wheel arrangement for the Ural-4320 was designed for tr…
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Claim 2: “The global oil market was highly volatile in 2026”

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Web search results explicitly mention high volatility in the 2026 oil market driven by global risks, specifically citing the Iran-Israel conflict and the Strait of Hormuz crisis as drivers of price swings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bronx ( BRONKS) is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,472,654 at the 2020 census. It has the fourt…
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Claim 3: “Setting the base oil price in the budget at $50 per barrel means that the Russian Ministry of Finance is already factoring an open Strait of Hormuz scenario into its forecast”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the Russian Ministry of Finance used a base oil price of $50 per barrel for budget planning. TASS, GEORISK WATCH, and Anadolu Ajansı all report this figure, with GEORISK WATCH specifically quoting Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian: Министерство финансов РСФСР), known prior to 1946 as the People's Commissariat for Finance (Russian: Народный коми…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(RSFSR)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство финансов Российской Федерации), also known as MinFin (Минфин России), is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Russia)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet pos…
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Claim 4: “In January, the price of Russian Urals crude stood at $41 per barrel”

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A specific web search result provides a detailed price timeline, stating that the price of Russian Urals crude stood at USD 39 in December 2025 and rose to USD 41 in January 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ural (Russian: Урал, from Bashkir: Урал, romanized: Ural) is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It is considered a part of the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ural Mountains ( YOOR-əl), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains

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