It is true that income from oil and gas, which represents the bulk of government revenues, has been halved when measured in dollars. But the Russian currency has fallen by about the same percentage, meaning that the government’s income in rubles remains approximately unchanged.
相反，近几年来，俄罗斯一直存在巨大的预算盈余，而公共债务也低于GDP的20%。诚然，占据政府收入大半壁江山的石油和天然气收入的美元价值遭遇腰斩。但俄罗斯货币也贬值了相同幅度，这意味着政府的卢布收入基本上没有变化。