Penza, 14 January 2015. PenzaNews. The state debt of the Penza region has reached 21,331,389,000 rubles as of January 1, 2015, says the official website of the regional Ministry of Finance. A year ago, it was calculated at only 18,624,085,000 rubles. The state debt held at 18.6 billion rubles until April 2014; by May 1, it grew up to 18,988,032,000 rubles.

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Afterwards, it went down to 18.2 billion, and 18.98 billion by early September-October.

The 19-billion line was crossed by November. According to the data available as of Novembet 1, it reached 19,479,301,000 rubles, but then again went down, this time to 19,477,584,000.

According to the Penza region law on the budget for the year of 2015 and the planning period of 2016-2017, the top limit of the internal state debt is set at 19,599,884,400 rubles in the period until January 1, 2016.