The Ministry of Economy, preparing to work on state programs according to the new rules, has begun to revise the program for the development of Crimea and Sevastopol. From 2022, it is proposed to prematurely terminate the federal target program (FTP), which now forms the substantive basis of the Crimean state program. The latter will be divided into design and process parts. In addition, the department increases the target indicators of the program – in addition to the expectations from the investment activity of residents of the free economic zone (FEZ) of Crimea, which are significantly reduced.
The Ministry of Economy is revising the state program for the development of Crimea and Sevastopol – this document is designed until 2025 and is aimed at modernizing the infrastructure of the peninsula. Among the largest areas are the construction of the Tavrida highway, the development of the social sphere, and elimination of imbalances in regional development. This time, the adjustments that are made several times throughout the year (due to alignment with the budget, the inclusion of new projects in the program or its extension) are mainly related to the reform of state programs as a whole.
Let us explain that at the end of May, the government approved new approaches to the formation and implementation of state programs – they are assigned curators from among the deputy prime ministers, under whose leadership the governing councils will act, authorized to promptly make changes to the programs. The programs themselves should consist of five mandatory components: a list of strategic priorities, a passport of the program (goals and objectives), a passport of federal projects and complexes of process activities, as well as plans for their implementation and regulatory “background”.
In this regard, from 2022, it is proposed to prematurely terminate the implementation of the FTP for the development of Crimea, calculated until 2025, which is part of the program and, in fact, is its substantive core. According to the Ministry of Economy, in accordance with the new approach, the structural part of the Crimean program will be divided into two parts – project (achieving specific results within the framework of federal and departmental projects) and process (permanent events). So far, the department has prepared and published a draft section of the program describing strategic priorities. Compared to the current program, the stated goals have become a little more ambitious – the population of Crimea should reach 2.5 million by 2025 (against 2.4 million in the current version), the volume of investments in fixed assets – 142.9 thousand rubles. per capita (against 132.8 thousand rubles), and the unemployment rate should be reduced to 4.9% from 5%.
It is noteworthy that against the background of optimizing the operation of the Crimean FEZ (see Kommersant of August 12) in the draft state program, expectations regarding the rate of investment by its residents have become lower than the previous level. According to the project, the specific capital investments of the SEZ participants are projected at the level of 71.5 million rubles. per resident by 2025 – in the current version, the figure is 96.6 million rubles.
Also, the Ministry of Economy proposes to redistribute federal funding within the program. Due to the need for an earlier completion of some projects (for example, work on the development of entrances from the Tavrida highway to the southern coast of Crimea), it is planned to increase the financial support of the program in the next two years. In 2022 – from 82.2 billion to 109.3 billion rubles, in 2023 – from 150 billion to 161 billion rubles. At the same time, funding will be reduced in 2024 – from 149.7 billion to 99.3 billion rubles, which will ultimately affect the total amount of funding from the federal budget. In 2022–2025, it will decrease from 532.1 billion to 520.4 billion rubles.
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