Putin is betting on poor Russians who are ready to go to war for money - Bloomberg
According to analysts of the publication, after the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia, citizens living below the poverty line, because of their loyalty, became the main support of Putin. Experts say that participation in the war in Ukraine is an opportunity to get out of "credit pits", which the poor population of Russia was immersed in. "Without sparing money for the army, Vladimir Putin rewards the Russians who need the most in need of increasing the serfs for families.
Soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine also receive a one -time payment in exceeding the average annual subsistence minimum in Russia," Bloomberg analysts say . Analysts estimated that in the second half of 2022 the Russian Federation spent more than $ 15 billion to help large families and 400 billion rubles for retirement.
The management of the aggressor country plans to double these payments this year, while the income of the working population is falling, which makes the Russian budget more fragile. In order to maintain the loyalty of the electorate, last spring, Putin instructed to pay the families of soldiers killed in Ukraine at 5 million rubles, and the wounded - 3 million rubles.
We will remind, on January 13, the Russian edition "Kommersant" with reference to its sources reported that Vladimir Putin will participate in the presidential elections in 2024. The Kremlin is convinced that at that time the war in Ukraine will not end.