By the end of 2025, Sverdlovsk Oblast ranked among the five Russian regions with the highest number of personal and individual-entrepreneur bankruptcies. Over the year, the number of court notices on asset liquidation in the region rose by almost 28%.
In absolute terms, Sverdlovsk Oblast even surpassed Saint Petersburg, where more than 20,000 personal bankruptcies were recorded.
The traditional “anti-ranking” also includes Moscow, Moscow Oblast and Krasnodar Krai – regions with persistently high household debt.
Nationwide, the situation is even worse. In 2025, court-ordered personal bankruptcies in Russia increased by more than 31%, reaching nearly 568,000 cases.
The main drivers behind the surge are declining…