One city in the Urals has been declared insolvent. Other Russian cities are also experiencing budget deficits.
Radish is about Sredneuralsk, which is a satellite town YekaterinburgFrom now on, by order of the Sverdlovsk governor Denis Pasler there acts external financial management (this is the first case in the entire history of the region).
The 20-person city was declared insolvent due to an 18 million ruble budget deficit. Because of this, the mayor's office was unable to pay one of the contractors who completed the work last year.
It is planned to restore the financial stability of Sredneuralsk within the next five years.
A debt of 18 million rubles, by the way, is not such a high figure - the budget deficit of the same Sverdlovsk region exceeds 30 billion rubles. Local political scientist Alexey Shaburov admits that the real reason for initiating bankruptcy proceedings is that regional authorities are dissatisfied with the constant conflicts in the Sredneuralsk City Duma and the frequent changes of leaders.
Other Russian cities are also experiencing budget deficit problems. For example, back in the summer, there was talk of introducing external financial management. stated authorities TomskDue to difficulties in resettling residents from dilapidated housing, a debt of almost two billion rubles has accumulated, and the overall budget deficit has approached five billion.
In October, about the possible introduction of external financial management warned guide Samara.
Due to the government's budget deficit Irkutsk region were forced sharply cut spending on salaries for teachers and medical workers.
Today, the planned budget deficit is almost two billion rubles. сообщили authorities Saratov.
And the deputies of the Legislative Assembly Ulyanovsk region A few hours ago, a unanimous vote was cast for a budget bill with a deficit of 1,3 billion rubles. The speaker Valery Malyshev assessed this figure as optimistic, given the sanctions and spending on the "SVO".
“There are still some positive successes, convinced He. - "The enemies couldn't destroy us. Under these circumstances, we still have a reasonable budget."
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