The Russian authorities have approved the maximum increase in tariffs for housing and communal services for 2024–2028, TASS reports citing a government order.
“To approve the attached indices of changes in the amount of fees paid by citizens for utility services on average for the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the maximum permissible deviations for individual municipalities from the value of the indicated indices for 2024–2028,” the document says.
Thus, from the second half of 2024, the average index in Moscow will be 11%, Moscow region – 10.7%, St. Petersburg – 9.8%, Leningrad region – 10.2%, Omsk – 14%, North Ossetia – 13.7 %, Khakassia – 4%, Chukotka – 4.9%.
Director of the Institute of Economics and Regulation of Infrastructure Industries at the National Research University Higher School of Economics Ilya Dolmatov, whose opinion is cited in his message by the press service of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, explained that the indices are calculated for 2024 on average for Russia in the amount of 9.8%.
Deviations from average indices are allowed from zero in cities and regions such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Sakhalin region, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, up to 9.8% in the Smolensk region. For 2025–2028, they are set to range from zero to 2.1%, depending on the region.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service promised to monitor compliance by the regions with the established thresholds, the agency reported.
Source: Rosbalt
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