An activist in cycling and part-time blogger Ilya Varlamov, known for his joint trips with Putin and a subtle sense of style, set out to answer the eternal question: "Who is good in Russia?" To do this, he took data on the city budget and divided by the number of residents, hoping that the resulting figure (in thousands of rubles per person) will show which city is richer and which is poorer.
The city of Makhachkala turned out to be the poorest, there per citizen there are no more than 10 thousand "budget" rubles. And which city turned out to be the richest, you will learn from Top 10 Russian cities sorted by budget per person.
10. Tyumen
Tyumen is one of the fastest growing cities in Russia. The budget for each resident of Tyumen provides for 29 thousand rubles. Perhaps such a pleasant-looking figure was due to low salaries of state employees and the accumulation of tax fees. In 2016, Tyumen will host the World Swimming Championships and the stages of the Biathlon World Cup.
9. Novokuznetsk
According to Forbes magazine (Russian edition), a large industrial center of Siberia occupies the 13th position among the 30 best Russian cities for doing business. The ratio of the budget to the number of inhabitants is 29 thousand rubles.
8. Severodvinsk
32 thousand are allocated for each resident in the budget of Severodvinsk. Since 2001, the concept of strategic development has been implemented in the city thanks to injections from the federal budget, roads, engineering infrastructure and support of large city-forming shipbuilding and ship repair enterprises are being carried out. How well an individual citizen lives with it is a big question.
7. Gelendzhik
One of the best sea resorts in Russia. The population of the city is 109,251 people, with 36 thousand rubles of budget money per capita. According to the contribution to the budget, the resort and tourist complex leads, then trade, catering, science and construction.
6. Khimki
The crisis with free space in Moscow led to the withdrawal of a large number of commercial facilities in the near Moscow region, and since the beginning of the new century, Khimki has become a residential area. Now one of the largest satellite cities in Moscow can afford to spend 39 thousand per inhabitant. And according to the results of the Secret Company survey, Khimki took first place among 164 cities in Russia - even the scandal with the Khimki forest is not an obstacle.
5. Surgut
64 thousand rubles of the city budget are per capita. Surgut is a powerful industrial center in which the headquarters of the largest private companies, oil and gas and energy sales are based, the largest thermal power station in the world is located and the average monthly salary is 68.7 thousand rubles.
4. Khanty-Mansiysk
The budget / resident ratio in this city is 71 thousand. Alas, the main share of revenues in the local budget (PIT) decreased by 13.8% compared to last year, which is the result of the fall of the ruble in 2015. The bulk of the expenditure part - and this is 45% - goes to finance education.
3. St. Petersburg
The northern capital takes an honorable third place in the rating and “spends” 79 thousand for a resident. Due to the crisis this year, spending on holidays, festivals and conferences was reduced, so the city hopes to save up to 30 million rubles.
2. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
The ratio of budget / number of inhabitants in the administrative center of the Sakhalin Region is 110 thousand rubles (for comparison, the same figure in the Spanish capital Madrid is the largest for a thousand rubles). True, the population of the city is relatively small - only 192,780 inhabitants.
1. Moscow
Any resident of Russia can easily guess who will take the leading position in the ranking of cities with the highest budget expenditures for residents. Of course, this is Moscow! For the sake of interest, the budget of the Russian capital can be compared with the expenses of a number of European capitals. The budget / population ratio in Moscow is 122 thousand rubles, in London this figure is 135 thousand rubles, in Paris - 297 thousand rubles, in Berlin - 514 thousand rubles, and the New York record holder in this regard - 593 thousand . rubles.
Nevertheless, in 2015, Moscow was recognized as the most developed metropolis in the world according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.