Russian government to hold heads of highly subsidized regions, including Chechnya and annexed Ukrainian territories, responsible for shrinking federal deficit

This title seems wrong. either the deficit is shrinking (and that would be good for them, less deficit = less need to borrow) or the people are beiing held responsible for more deficit.

reading the article: "The Russian government plans to hold the governors of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, and Tuva, as well as the Moscow-backed heads of the annexed Ukrainian regions, directly responsible for the country’s federal budget deficit, according to the newspaper Kommersant."