Yakutia 2027 budget: 135.4 billion rubles for social sphere at first reading

Lawmakers in Yakutia's State Assembly (Il Tumen) approved the republic's 2027 state budget and the 2028–2029 planning period in first reading. The government will refine the document before the second reading. Acting Finance Minister Ivan Alekseyev outlined the main parameters in the Actual Interview programme.

Alekseyev said the government has three priorities: federal national projects; social support, with wages and all social payments and benefits fully funded; and support for participants of the special military operation. Spending on the social and cultural sphere in 2027 is set at 135,424.5 million rubles. Free medicines for certain categories of citizens are budgeted at 3.8 billion rubles, the same level as this year.

Subsidies to utility companies to offset tariff gaps will total 56.4 billion rubles, the road fund is set at 11.6 billion, and transfers to local budgets reach 97.9 billion. National projects will receive 49.4 billion rubles in 2027, including 38.2 billion from the federal budget. Total programme spending is projected at 311.5 billion rubles.