Russian war spending keeps rising while some regions slash death benefits for soldiers’ families by up to 95%

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Russian regional governments have been sharply cutting payments to families of soldiers killed in the war, with some benefit cuts reaching 95 percent, even as national military spending continues to climb in the invasion's fifth year. Meduza's reporting lays out specific examples of regions slashing the death benefits.

The contradiction is stark on its face: more money pours into the war machine while the families of those the war machine consumes get less.

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A government that can always find more for the front but less for the funeral has told you exactly what it values. The arithmetic doesn't need translating.

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