Yakutia head meets State Assembly Il Tumen leadership ahead of plenary session

Head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolaev held a working meeting with the leadership of the republic's State Assembly, Il Tumen, ahead of its next plenary session, according to sakha.gov.ru. The talks focused on budget and tax issues. Nikolaev said the country is living through difficult conditions of a special military operation, and expressed hope that last year's level would be preserved when the federal budget is adopted.

Nikolaev said the republic's 2027 budget should be adopted in first reading to cover wages, utility costs and utility subsidies. He instructed the Ministry of Finance to work with parliamentary committees before the second and third readings. He also discussed tax decisions that would add funds to next year's budget.

Speaker Alexei Eremeev and committee heads raised issues including public-sector wages, food security in Arctic districts, support for large families and gasification of settlements. Nikolaev said all questions raised would be taken into account in government decisions.