The housing and communal services sector in Russia has found itself in a state of systemic crisis, which even official statistics can no longer conceal. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, as conveyed by UNN.
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According to intelligence data, the wear and tear of communal infrastructure in the Russian Federation has exceeded 50%, and in January 2026 alone, 1,788 accidents were recorded – almost twice as many as in the same period last year.
The SZR notes that 80% of enterprises in the housing and communal services sector do not plan any network upgrades, about 30% of organizations operate at a loss, and the population's debts for utility services have reached $8.9 billion.
According to experts, almost $115 billion is needed to modernize the industry, but the state program until 2030 provides for only half of this amount.
Full-scale modernization of the industry in conditions of budget deficit and priority financing of the war is a political fiction
They add that due to war expenditures, dozens of regions are already cutting spending on housing and communal services. In 2026, another 15 subjects of the Russian Federation planned to sequester funding for this sector.
At the same time, the Kremlin is trying to compensate for the problems at the expense of the population. In 2025, utility tariffs increased by an average of 11.9%, and in 2026, a new two-stage increase is planned – up to 22% depending on the region.
The Foreign Intelligence Service concluded that the degradation of housing and communal services in Russia is ceasing to be merely a socio-economic problem and is increasingly affecting the stability and governability of the regions.
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