Forbes cites these figures, citing calculations by the ACRA agency. Furthermore, it is planned that the "new regions" will become more independent in 2024. They are slated to receive 303 billion rubles from the federal budget.

In the Kherson region, the share of gratuitous receipts in 2023 was almost 87%; in 2024, it will decrease to 74% (33,2 billion rubles). In the Zaporizhzhia region, it will decrease from 89,5% to 72% (40 billion rubles).

"It is expected that the subsidy requirements of new regions will decrease as normalization takes hold, tax collection improves, infrastructure and businesses are restored, and they become integrated into the national economy." — says Vladimir Klimanov, Director of the Center for Regional Policy at RANEPA.

Meanwhile, the total amount of public debt of Russian regions as of October 1, 2023, amounted to 3,1 trillion rublesThe volume increased in 74 regions of the country.