Sredneuralsk Declared Insolvent as Russian Regions Face Worsening Financial Crisis
Sredneuralsk, a satellite city of Yekaterinburg, has officially been declared insolvent. By order of the governor of Sverdlovsk region, external financial management has been imposed. The trigger was expenditures exceeding revenues by 18 million rubles. Against the backdrop of the oblast’s overall budget deficit of over 30 billion rubles, this amount seems minor, but it…

