The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation has published parties’ reports on received and spent funds for the last quarter of 2023, which made it possible to summarize the results of the entire year. According to reports, it turns out that almost all parties except United Russia (UR) spent more than they received last year “Kommersant”.
As noted, the overspending was made possible by account balances accumulated in the previous year.
The largest revenue was achieved by United Russia, which collected 8.8 billion rubles, which is 400 million more than in 2022. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party collected 1.7 billion 741 million rubles. respectively. “Fair Russia – For Truth” (SRZP) received 719 million rubles, and “New People” – 491 million rubles.
The main source of funds for parliamentary parties is the federal budget, to which funds are allocated according to the results of the State Duma elections (152 rubles for each vote received on party lists).
Traditionally the most prominent among party expenditures are those for the maintenance of their own infrastructure: regional branches and governing bodies. Last year United Russia spent 6.7 billion rubles for these purposes. Communist Party of the Russian Federation – about 1.4 billion rubles. LDPR – 587 million rubles, SRZP – 403 million rubles. Finally, New People gave 495 million rubles to its branches and management bodies.
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