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.

In St. Petersburg, payments for signing a contract with the Russian army have been cut to a record low.

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.

Moreover, payments have been reduced for the second time in two weeks.

It's not surprising as there's a huge deficit in St. Petersburg's budget.

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.

And now they're even cutting costs on those willing to go kill Ukrainians.

A similar situation is happening in other regions of Russia.

It seems the war is becoming more expensive for the Kremlin, while the life of a Russian soldier is becoming cheaper.