The draft budget included a state program for the restoration of new regions

In the draft federal budget for 2024–2026. a new state program “Restoration and socio-economic development of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions” has appeared. It is planned to allocate 37.5 billion rubles for its implementation in 2024. In 2025–2026 no funds are provided for it.

In addition, transfers are planned to new regions to equalize budgetary security, as follows from the explanatory note. This expense item is included in the state program “Development of federal relations and creation of conditions for effective and responsible management of regional and municipal finances.” In particular, the volume of interbudgetary transfers will increase by 178 billion rubles. in 2024, 157 billion rubles. in 2025 and 150 billion rubles. in 2026. This growth is explained in the explanatory note by the provision of subsidies to the budgets of four new regions, as well as “clarification of the forecast for income tax revenue.” Another 8 billion rubles each. in 2024–2026 it is planned to allocate for partial compensation of additional costs for increasing wages of public sector workers in new constituent entities of the Russian Federation.