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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
The government has extended until the end of 2026 the specifics of calculating and paying penalties and fines for late payment of housing and communal services (HCS) without reference to the increased key rate of the Bank of Russia. A resolution on this has been signed.
In 2025 and 2026, the calculation of penalties and fines will be based on the Bank of Russia’s key rate of 9.5% per annum, which was in effect on February 27, 2022. The decision applies to legal relations that arose from January 1, 2025.
According to the Housing Code, the amount of the penalty for incomplete and untimely payment for housing and communal services is determined taking into account the key rate of the Central Bank on the day of actual payment from the amount not paid on time for each day of delay. At the current key rate, the maximum amount of the penalty would be disproportionate to the payments of citizens for housing and communal services, therefore, the rate value that was in effect before the increase will be used for the calculation.
A similar procedure for calculating increased penalties for late payments in the sphere of housing and communal services was in effect in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The federal law extending the powers of the Government to establish such features of regulating housing relations in 2025–2026 was signed in early 2025.
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