The crisis in the Russian regions: the former flagships go to the bottom

Legislation Rules igry19-06-2009 crisis in the Russian regions: the former flagships go to the bottom of the number of Russian regions, which ispytavayut severe problems with filling the budget, has long passed for two decades. "At the risk zone contains all the industrial areas", - said in an interview Bigness.ru leading expert on regional politics Centre Politics in Russia Oksana Goncharenko. Today, regional issue was raised again by the Ministry of Finance. According to the Department of intergovernmental relations Ministry of Finance, a group of "crisis" of the regions hit 13 regions of the Federation. The ministry attributed to them of Tatarstan, the Khanty-Mansi, Krasnoyarsk and Perm Krai, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Volgograd, Kemerovo, Kursk, Novgorod, Orenburg, Samara and Chelyabinsk regions. The critical situation is filled with budgets of Chelyabinsk and Kemerovo regions seriously affected by a sharp drop in revenue from income tax. Shortfall of 90% and 88% respectively, said the director of intergovernmental relations Finance Larissa Eroshkina. Worst of all those who counted on their own strength, "said Bigness. ru leading expert on regional politics Centre Politics in Russia Oksana Goncharenko. "If we look at the picture on the subjects of the Federation, we can see that the worst had to those who formed a significant part of the budget plan, based on their own income", - says the expert.