OREANDA-NEWS. January 29, 2015. The economic crisis in the breakaway Transnistrian region continues to grow. According to Tiraspol-based authorities, information on the region’s budget fulfillment, updated on 20 January, shows that revenues dropped fourfold against the same period of the last year, according to electronic sources.

A press release says that the reduction of budget revenues prevents payment of wages in time. In this respect, the situation is particularly critical in the Slobozia, Grigoriopol, Dubasari and Camenca districts.

At the same time, the press release states that the economic situation is worsened by a declining demand for economic output of the economic agents from the breakaway region and devaluation of currencies from Russia and Ukraine. According to specialised structures, the amount of taxes gained since early 2015 for foreign trade and foreign economic operations is 13 times lower against the same period of 2014.

At the same time, there are serious problems in the health department, given that the employees work in conditions of poor funding. Presently, 23 per cent of the required funds are available for this sector. Or, authorities have to increase the number of paid medical services, to ensure the functionality of medical institutions.

In the context of this critical situation, the self-proclaimed Tiraspol leader, Yevgeny Shevchuk, showed willingness to take a loan of about one hundred million dollars to cover the pension fund deficit. Shevchuk did not specify where he intended to borrow money from, but as a rule, the region was backed by Russia in such cases.

On the other hand, at present, Russia also faces financial difficulties, which led to the suspension of the 15-per cent allowances added to the pensions of the citizens of the breakaway Transnistrian region from the Russian budget. Besides, due to the lack of funds, the separatist authorities halved the additions to the pensions paid from the regional budget starting from 1 January 2015.