The Accounting Chamber named the problems with the involvement of corrupt property in circulation

Less than 8% of the confiscated corrupt property in Russia managed to be involved in economic turnover. This was announced on October 29 on the website of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, presenting the results of an audit of the use of assets converted into state revenue.

According to the agency, by July 1, 2025, almost 9 thousand real estate objects with a total value of over 113 billion rubles were transferred to state ownership. At the same time, only 240 facilities have been privatized in four years, and 224 more have been leased since 2023. The total budget revenue from privatization and lease amounted to about 4 billion rubles, which is a small fraction of the total value of the property.

According to auditor Andrey Baturkin, the main reasons for low efficiency remain the protracted registration procedures and the lack of clear rules for interaction between departments.

"The period of bringing property into circulation is often extended by 1-1.5 years. As of August 1, 2025, the right of federal ownership has not been registered for 404 objects with a total value of 1.1 billion rubles," Baturkin said.

The Accounting Chamber also pointed to legislative restrictions that prevent the sale of assets. So, since 2020, over 2 thousand land plots with an area of about 580 hectares, estimated at more than 2.7 billion rubles, have not been sold in the Moscow region. Almost 300 residential buildings worth about 2.3 billion rubles, which have been owned by the state since 2019, remain unused.

"To eliminate existing barriers, it is necessary to update the law on privatization and lift bans on the sale of residential and land plots recognized as corrupt property," Baturkin stressed.

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Earlier, on September 23, the newspaper Izvestia reported that Russia's public debt remains one of the lowest in the world. According to the Accounts Chamber, in the first six months of 2025, its maintenance costs increased 1.5 times and exceeded 1.5 trillion rubles. The Ministry of Finance noted that the share of government debt is about 15% of GDP and does not pose systemic risks to the economy.

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