Russia’s Oil and Gas Revenues Fell in September

Russia’s budget proceeds from oil and gas sales declined by 0.9% in September from the previous month, according to official Russian government data published on Thursday. The Russian budget received $8.13 billion (771.9 billion Russian rubles) from oil and gas sales last month, per the data, which confirmed earlier Reuters estimates that proceeds would be roughly stable month-on-month. The revenues for September were 4.3% higher compared to September last year. For the first nine months of the year, Russia’s oil and gas revenues surged…