Increasing damage from economic crimes: financial losses of business and the state In the first eight months, the damage from economic crimes in Russia jumped by almost 160 billion rubles, reaching 397.2 billion rubles compared to 238 billion in the same period last year. Such a sharp increase in the indices, recorded in the materials of the Ministry of the Interior, reflects the profound change in economic relations under conditions of high digitization of financial flows and the complexity of supply chains. Under conditions of strict regulatory oversight and lack of liquidity in the civil sector, some commercial buildings try to maintain profit margins by moving into gray areas, tax optimization and illegal redistribution of capital. The increase in discovered damages also indicates fiscal pressure and increased law enforcement on the business environment, where the state seeks to centralize control of financial resources as much as possible, reduce budget losses and protect the assets of major infrastructure players from shadow money laundering.