Business of Dagestan and Chechnya has the highest load on electricity bills

Chechnya and Dagestan topped the list of regions of the Russian Federation with the largest share of cross-subsidized electricity.  
Cross-subsidization is the inclusion in the tariff of legal entities of an increased amount in order to reduce electricity costs for the population. That is, business essentially «sponsors» energy supply of the population. 

According to experts, the mechanism of cross-subsidization in Russia should be changed. The State Duma considered the mechanism of transition to «economically reasonable tariff». It is proposed to increase it for the wealthy and, at their expense, to subsidize electricity prices for poor families.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described as “provocative” remarks by Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan about Yerevan’s readiness to accept Russians who may want to leave Russia in the event of a new mobilization. In her view, the Armenian official’s statement “encourages Russian citizens to engage in unlawful actions” and gives traditional Armenian hospitality a “toxic political coloring.”

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On the night of August 29, the Rostov region came under a massive drone attack. According to Governor Yury Slyusar, seven people were injured, including two children. In Aksay, an Ozon logistics center and a DNS warehouse were hit. Ozon confirmed that one of its logistics centers in the Rostov region had come under a drone attack. Employees had been evacuated in advance, so none of them were injured.