"Try to manipulate": RFF bows to citizens to sacrifice money for war - isw

According to analysts, the burden of financial support for war in Ukraine lies mainly on the republics of ethnic minorities of the Russian Federation. The military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is funded from regional budgets. This is stated in the report of the Institute of War Study (ISW) of February 15.

According to Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the government of his republic allocates 1 million rubles to the Chechen soldiers who died in the war in Ukraine and another 500,000 rubles - the wounded. These measures are taken before financial assistance will come from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"Kadyrov's statement was probably aimed either at criticizing the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the lack of timely monetary compensation to Russian servicemen, or to encourage recruitment to Chechen units, not to other Russian units," the authors of the report suggested. A similar statement was also made by the Deputy Chairman of the Republic Buryati Ivan Alkiev, noting that his administration allocated 1. 9 billion rubles for the military needs of the Russian Federation.

According to analysts, these facts indicate that the Kremlin is counting on the financing of war by the subjects of the Federation, which "lies with some financial burden" on the republics of the ethical minorities of Russia. The authors of the report claim that Russian officials and organizations are trying to manipulate their citizens to achieve money donations in favor of the Armed Forces.

To this end, the authorities use rhetoric and slogans, reminiscent of the "Great Patriotic War" and promise "victory". The case with the Krasnodar priest, who blesses humanitarian assistance to Russian invaders for money, is also mentioned. Earlier, on January 19, Politico reported that Wagner PEC earns minerals in the king of millions of dollars, which can continue to finance the war in Ukraine.