# St. Petersburg Slashes Russian Army Signing Bonuses Amid Budget Deficit

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118138978582888938
- Source account: [@nexta_tv](https://x.com/nexta_tv)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:53
- Published: 2026-11-09
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit) The aggressor's funds are running out, not only for public sector workers, but also for recruiting cannon fodder.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=7) In St. Petersburg, payments for signing a contract with the Russian army have been cut to a record low.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=13) According to Fontanka, at the beginning of October, the city promised future contractors three and a half million rubles, but now it's only four hundred thousand, which is almost nine times less.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=23) Moreover, payments have been reduced for the second time in two weeks.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=26) It's not surprising as there's a huge deficit in St. Petersburg's budget.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=30) Authorities have already cut expenses by seventy billion rubles and are preparing to lay off up to fifteen percent of public sector workers in the organizer of the war's homeland.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=40) And now they're even cutting costs on those willing to go kill Ukrainians.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=43) A similar situation is happening in other regions of Russia.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/bAv5KovLAWGT/en/st-petersburg-slashes-russian-army-signing-bonuses-amid-budget-deficit?t=46) It seems the war is becoming more expensive for the Kremlin, while the life of a Russian soldier is becoming cheaper.