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1/ The Russian government is planning for 2.6 million of its people to have fought in Ukraine by 2027, according to new projections for the draft state budget. It anticipates more than doubling monthly payments to veterans to 267 billion rubles ($2.78 billion) by 2027. ⬇️

2/ 'We Can Explain' reports that explanatory notes for the draft state budget indicate an increase in monthly payments to veterans from the current 120 billion rubles to 267 billion rubles. All veterans are entitled to 4,188 rubles ($43.71) a month, indexed to the inflation rate.

3/ There were already an estimated 540,000 veterans of the Ukraine war by June 2024. This is a significantly higher figure than the Finance Ministry had expected, so the 2024 budget expenditures had to be increased.

4/ According to Putin in December 2023, 617,000 people were then currently at the front and according to recent Wall Street Journal reports, an estimated 400,000 have been demobilised due to injuries. About 1 million people are thus currently eligible for veterans' pensions.

5/ The demobilised can already claim veterans' pensions. Their numbers are calculated to increase by about a million in 2025, reaching 1.5 million. By 2027, it is calculated that 2.6 million people will have served in the war (or about 4% of Russia's entire male population).

6/ As the figures indicate, the huge number of war veterans and war wounded is likely to put a strain on the Russian economy for decades to come, unless their pensions are cut drastically. The increase alone between 2024 and 2027 amounts to an extra $1.5 billion a month. /end

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