IRKUTSK REGION IS A DONOR TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET

WWW Irkutsk Newsletter

27 August 1999

Discussions of Russian regions often mention that only a 
dozen or so of the 89 regions actually contribute 
more to the federal budget than they receive in return. 
Usually discussions of the "donor regions" do not define 
exactly which regions are involved. 

Now sources inside the Finance Ministry have informed us 
that there are 13 donor regions: St. Petersburg, Moscow 
City, Moscow Oblast, Lipetsk, Samara, Tatarstan, Perm, 
Sverdlovsk, Bashkortostan, Khanty-Mansi, Yamal-Nenets, 
Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk.


-- Source: EWI Russian Regional Report 27 May 1999.