Governors are cutting budget spending in the last months of 2026. In St. Petersburg, Smolny has already cut this year's expenses by 70 billion ₽. In August, the finance committee proposed to reduce 2027 expenses by 14-15%. In Alexander's final project at the Globe, they were still nominally recruited, but the deficit amounted to 103.4 billion.
Andrei Vorobyov's Moscow region cuts spending by nearly ₽100 billion, including for social support, education and small business assistance. In the Kemerovo region, Ilya Serdiuk is cutting the budget from 230 to 216 billion rubles in almost all regions (the coal crisis is directly affecting the treasury).
Novosibirsk Governor Andrei Trevnikov demanded that his departments implement the cash plan "as strictly as possible" in November-December. This is about manual control, when money is issued according to a schedule, and not according to needs.
The most difficult story in the Belgrade region. Alexander Shubayev asked the Federal Center for 7.6 billion ₽ for salaries in the public sector and refused, so that there would be no indexation. which is an objective cost-cutting agenda.
In 2027, the austerity regime will continue. And here there is a KPI for those who know how to reduce costs effectively without a significant loss in quality.