Moscow and St. Petersburg removed from the list of stable regions.

By 1 March in Russia has been recorded a sharp deterioration in economic conditions in developed regions. If in January Minregionrazvitiya a group of stable identify 26 members of the Russian Federation, following February, these regions appeared in two times less. However, the list did not include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad and Moscow region, writes the newspaper "Vedomosti".
Minregionrazvitiya calculates monthly composite index based on regions of the volume of production, construction, retail trade, back wages, electricity consumption, employment and revenue budgets. During February, most in the capital of Russia fell rating, because of what Moscow has moved to the list of regions with a poor condition and has been in the company Bashkiria, Lipetsk and Omsk regions.
According to Minregionrazvitiya, dropped sharply in the capital tax revenues (40 percent), more than three times down the pace of construction and industrial production fell by one third. In St. Petersburg, severely decreased the population's income (24 percent) in the Leningrad region difficulty with retail turnover, and in the Moscow region - with the debt and budget planning.
The publication does not report what the region remains in the "stable". In January, in addition to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad and Moscow areas, the number of 26 regions, in particular, consisted of Bashkortostan, Krasnodar and Tyumen Region.
Earlier, Minister for Regional Development of Russia Viktor Basargin said that by the end of 2009 because of the crisis in Russia will be only 2 region, which are able to fulfill their obligations without the support of the federal budget. This will be Moscow and St. Petersburg.