According to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the total volume of the National Welfare Fund at the beginning of the year decreased by 1.22 trillion, while the proceeds from the placement of the fund's funds in December amounted to 1.3 trillion rubles.
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have opened a criminal case against Nikolai Borisov, one of the former top managers of the Tenth Bearing Plant in Rostov. He is considered guilty of particularly large-scale fraud in the implementation of an order for the country's defense industry.