"Want to curry favor? Help out with your own money": Magadan's budget deficit equals the region's spending on its "sponsored" Zhdanovka
Magadan budget expenditures for 2023 - 10,82 billionRevenues amounted to approximately 10,59 billion, of which 6,85 billion — subsidies from the federal center. Thus, the regional capital's budget deficit by the end of 2023 amounted to 222 million rublesth, сообщает Telegram channel "All Magadan".
Almost the same Magadan region intends to spend annually on Zhdanovka in Russian-occupied territory Donetsk area UkraineDraft law on the conclusion of a cooperation agreement was concluded last week. Within its framework, it is planned to allocate funds from the reserve fund of the Magadan Region government annually until 2028. 200 million rubles for the restoration of the war-torn city and the settlements that were annexed to it.
The costs of restoring “sponsored” settlements in the annexed Ukrainian territories will thus amount to more than two-thirds of Magadan’s expenditure on social policy in 2023 (328 million rubles).
"Holy shit! Someone should get the pensioners off their knees. They were rebuilding Chechnya, then Zhdanovka," "Who should help Kolyma? All the villages are in ruins. You need to help yourselves first, you fucking benefactors," "Does anyone spend money on our region, other than ordinary mortals? Where are the roads? Where is the healthcare? Where is the education? Where is the affordable housing?" "We have no surplus. Want to curry favor? Help us with your own money, gentlemen," local residents expressed their opinion on social networks.