{
  "id": 11427358,
  "title": "Russian businesses to pay $5.7 billion in ‘voluntary’ contributions as war strains budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/russian-businesses-to-pay-5-7-billion-in-voluntary-contributions-as",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/business/russian-businesses-to-pay-5-7b-in-voluntary-contributions-amid-war-deficit-50646559.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Russian businesses are expected to pay a record 471.7 billion rubles ($5.7 billion) in “voluntary contributions” to the federal budget this year as Moscow struggles with a widening deficit and record war spending, The Bell reported on Oct. 1, citing documents accompanying Russia’s three-year budget bill.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}