Governor Alexey Russkikh signed a decree introducing an additional payment of 1.5 million rubles in the Ulyanovsk region for signing a contract from November 27 to December 31, 2024, reported «7×7»*.
«We need to compensate for the losses we are incurring in the special military operation. Before the new year, we must ensure 900 contract soldiers. Without fulfilling this task, everything else will be meaningless», — the governor explained his decision during a meeting of the regional legislative assembly.
Previously, a payment of 400 thousand rubles was established in the Ulyanovsk region, with 200 thousand rubles paid to contract soldiers in Ulyanovsk. Now, taking into account federal, regional, and city allowances, the total amount of payments for agreeing to go to war for residents of Ulyanovsk will be 2.5 million rubles.
This is one of the highest payments in the country, with only Belgorod region paying more for signing a contract — 3 million rubles, and KhMAO — 2.75 million rubles.
According to calculations by «Mediazona»*, 819 natives of the Ulyanovsk region have died in the war in Ukraine.
* Recognized as «foreign agents» in Russia.