The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, by his decree extended until September 30 the one-time republican payments of one million rubles for signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense, reported «Kommersant Ufa».
At the beginning of June, the head of the republic reduced the one-time payments from 1.6 to 1 million rubles, economists linked this decision to the deteriorating economic situation.
According to calculations by «Idel.Realii»* based on open sources, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, at least 6,991 natives of Bashkortostan have already died. In total, almost 40,000 people from 15 regions of the Volga region have died in Ukraine. After Bashkortostan, the highest number of deaths is from Tatarstan (5,965) and Perm Krai (4,162). The least military losses are in Mordovia (544) and Penza region (982).
* Recognized in Russia as a «foreign agent» and «undesirable» organization.