OREANDA-NEWS  The actual volume of Russia's oil and gas revenues in June lagged behind the expected monthly volume by 30.347 billion rubles. This is stated in a message on the website of the Ministry of Finance of Russia.

The agency expects that in July the deviation of oil and gas revenues from the plan will amount to 4,546 billion rubles. Thus, 34.89 billion rubles will be allocated for the sale of currency in the next month (from June 7 to August 4).

Per day, yuan sales from the National Welfare Fund will amount to the equivalent of 1.7 billion rubles, which is two times less than in the current period.

At the beginning of June, the Ministry of Finance expected that the deviation from the revenue plans in June would be minus 44 billion rubles, but at the end of the month the backlog exceeded 74 billion (44 billion plus 30.347 billion rubles). A similar situation developed in May, where the backlog from the plan exceeded expectations by five times.

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Finance reported an increase in the average price of the main export grade of Russian Urals oil by $ 1.94, to $ 55.28. Despite the reduction in the discount against the benchmark Brent grade, it is still trading well below the price ceiling of $ 60 per barrel.