INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
support.Total government spending across all levels in the republic reached 580 billion rubles ($7.3 billion) in 2024, up from 375 billion
rubles ($4.7 billion) in 2021, according to calculations by the Ravenstvo Telegram channel, which analyzed data from the Federal
amounted to 95,000 rubles ($1,200) per Chechen resident, roughly double the national average of 48,500 rubles ($600).Chechnya also received
150 billion rubles ($1.9 billion) from the federal budget for law enforcement and military forces.The Kremlin continues to rely heavily on
the front.Pension payments allocated to the region totaled 215 billion rubles ($2.72 billion), while an additional 26 billion rubles ($328
spending in the region.Despite its extensive federal support, Chechen officials regularly say the funding remains insufficient
Ahead of the 2024 budget, Chechen Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev said the republic still lacks the resources necessary to develop critical
social infrastructure and pay public-sector salaries.Other heavily subsidized regions include the republics of Tyva (79% of budget from
federal funds), Ingushetia (78%), Dagestan (72.8%) and Karachay-Cherkessia (68.2%), along with the occupied Kherson (76.8%), Donetsk
(8%), Sakhalin (9%) and Tyumen (10.7%), which receive only minimal federal subsidies.Economically, Chechnya continues to lag far behind most
Its industrial output remains 55% below 1990 levels, and its gross regional product per capita in 2023 was the second-lowest in the country
