State-owned companies will ask for money from the Russian treasury due to holes in their budgets

The Russian Railways company has accumulated a record amount of debt - almost four trillion rubles, or over 50 billion dollars.

Since 2022, Russian Railways has received loans for construction on the eastern site to increase the volume of transportation to China. At the same time, the volume of all types of transportation in Russia, with the exception of the transportation of military cargo, fell.

According to Reuters, in November 2025, the monopoly company asked the government to allocate 200 billion rubles to it to eliminate the budget deficit.

According to Russian businessman Dmitry Potapenko, after Russian Railways, Rosneft and Gazprom will ask for money from the federal budget.