⚡️️ Russian Defense Ministry to delay troop salary payments, media reports.
The Joint Group of Forces, the command currently fighting in Ukraine, would be exempted from the rule and receive their December pay before the new year, Verstka said.
Meduza· Fri 10:02
Russian troops have received their December pay before New Year’s for at least 18 years. Now, the Defense Ministry wants to push those payments to January.
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⚡️️ Russian Defense Ministry to delay troop salary payments, media reports.
The Joint Group of Forces, the command currently fighting in Ukraine, would be exempted from the rule and receive their December pay before the new year, Verstka said.
The Joint Group of Forces, the command currently fighting in Ukraine, would be exempted from the rule and receive their December pay before the new year, Verstka said.
Russian troops have received their December pay before New Year’s for at least 18 years. Now, the Defense Ministry wants to push those payments to January.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has drafted an order that would postpone service members’ December pay to January for the first time in at least 18 years, the independent Russian news outlet Verstka reported.