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Two-thirds of loan obligations were written off for Russian regions

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The Russian Ministry of Finance wrote off two thirds of the regions' obligations on budget loans in the amount of 202 billion rubles and postponed the repayment terms of the remaining third from 2026 to 2030.
A bill is being prepared on a similar transfer of another 293 billion rubles from 2027–2029 to 2031–2033.

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Regional budgets of the Russian Federation are under pressure due to the high debt burden on budget loans provided in previous years to support the social and infrastructure sectors.

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Two-thirds of loan obligations were written off for Russian regions. TASS reports this with reference to representatives of the department.

In total, 202 billion rubles were written off - this is the majority of the debt. Also, as an additional measure to support the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, it was decided to postpone the repayment terms of the remaining third of obligations from 2026 to 2030.

“A significant role in reducing the debt burden of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is played by the work to write off 2/3 of the debt on budget loans. Since the beginning of 2026, debt totaling about 292 billion rubles has already been written off,” explained the Ministry of Finance.

Now the department is preparing a bill on a similar transfer of 1/3 of the debt from 2027-2029 to 2031-2033, in the amount of 293 billion rubles.

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The bill to transfer another 1/3 of the debt from 2027–2029 to 2031–2033 will be adopted during 2026.
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Which regions benefited most from the write-off?
How will the write-off affect the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation?
Are there conditions attached to the provision of this support measure?