In the most vulnerable position are the cities of Bryansk, Novgorod, Kirov region and the Krasnoyarsk territory.
In Russia, 129 small cities with a total population of nearly 3.4 million people can be lost. It was written by media media with a reference to the study of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Ranxigs), prepared through the Russian Federation government.
It has been mentioned that for the past ten years, the population of these communities has refused 314,500 people.
The greatest suffering was experienced by northern coal, metallurgical and forest cities, as well as peripheral arrangements. In the most vulnerable position are the cities of Bryansk, Novgorod, Kirov region and territory of Krasnoyarsk, where there is a lack of internal resources and difficulties involving external financing.
The crisis of industrial production and the continuation of population movement in large centers increase the risk of loss of organizations, “the study emphasizes.
The largest reduction in the population is observed in cities such as Verkhny Tagil (Sverdlovsk Region), Trubchevsk (Bryansk Region), Inta (Komi), Kem and Medvezhyegorsk (Karelia), Torzhok (Tver Region). The risk group also includes peripheral cities of developed regions – such as Roshal (Moscow Region), Okha (Sakhalin Region), Porkhov (PSKOV Region), zavolzhye (Nizhny Novgorod Region), Nolinsk (Kirov Region).
The reasons for this phenomenon are unemployment, the flow of young people, the closure of city businesses, infrastructure aging and the lack of investment.
The trend was also confirmed in the state of Duma. Representatives recognize: small cities suffer from the destruction of utilities, lack of transportation, medicine and communications, which are scary to young specialists. For example, this situation is characteristic of totma or cargo with a population of less than 10 thousand people. Local residents have complained that the administration has no money for repairing buildings, bridges and roads, and they are trying to repair them themselves from improvised materials.
As you know, now in Russia there are 1120 cities, of which more than 70% are medium and small. 4 billion rubles were allocated to support the latter in 2025. General plans for registering investment projects along with infrastructure development for 106 repairs were developed. Among the possible solutions are the development of industries with good market conditions and support for subourbanization (the development of the suburbs of large cities and the re -placement of residents with them).
Remember that the ruling regime of Russia has decided to include economic and foreign trade data in state secrets. Now, to calm the society, only selective indicators, the profitable authorities will publish.
It is also reported that a new wave of inflation is expected in Russia.
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Source: korrespondent
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