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The Accounts Chamber has gone global. For the first time, Russian state auditors have checked the financial statements of a foreign organization, also assessing its business process efficiency. We spoke to Elena Boitsova, Director of the Financial Audit Department, about the Russian Accounts Chamber’s international auditing experience.

The Accounts Chamber has prepared an exception report on the execution of the Federal Budget in January – March 2021. The results of the execution analysis of Budgets of State Nоn-Budgetary Funds and consolidated budget of Russian regions are included in the Exception report as well. Highlights of the report can be found below.

Exception report on execution of the Federal Budget in January – March 2021 (Key Takeaways)

Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation and National Audit Office of the United Kingdom held a bilateral online meeting on cooperation on May,18. Aleksei Kudrin and Gareth Davies made plans for further cooperation. Main issues of common interest: healthcare, technologies and openness.

During the seminar on May, 13 representatives of SAIs from Chile, France, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Russia and Spain discussed pros and cons of jurisdictional functions in auditing and made plans for further cooperation on these issues.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its fifty-fourth session from 21-23 April 2021. Due to the ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic, the meetings were held virtually. The session was presided over by the Chair, Janet St. Laurent. All the other members of the Committee, namely: Agus Pramono (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Bradley, Anton Kosyanenko, and Imran Vanker were in attendance.