A soldier should afford a movie and ice cream": The State Duma wants to raise the prestige of the army for 6,000 per month. The State Duma proposed to increase the minimum monthly allowance for conscripted military personnel by more than three times - from 2,000 rubles to 6,313 rubles - 1/3 of the subsistence level. The bill has been sent to the government for review, Gazeta Ru reports. Also, the initiators propose to link the payments every year to the inflation rate. Lieutenant Yuri Eponin called the current amount of payments to the recruits "only symbolic" and added that the recruits perform complex tasks, replace regular soldiers in military units that went to the front, and perform difficult and dangerous service in the front areas. "Yes, guys in the army don't starve, but it's not just bread - a soldier on leave should at least be able to afford a movie and ice cream. We believe that a large increase in the financial allowance of the conscripts is a visible expression of the state's respectful attitude towards the military, which is necessary to strengthen the value of military service," Aponin emphasized. It is proposed to include additional expenditures in the federal budget for 2027 and the 2028–2029 planning period. Their size will depend on the number of recruits. How do you rate the initiative? Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - Read news without interruptions and a VPN.

A soldier should afford a movie and ice cream": The State Duma wants to raise the prestige of the army for 6,000 per month. The State Duma proposed to increase the minimum monthly allowance for conscripted military personnel by more than three times - from 2,000 rubles to 6,313 rubles - 1/3 of the subsistence level. The bill has been sent to the government for review, Gazeta Ru reports. Also, the initiators propose to link the payments every year to the inflation rate. Lieutenant Yuri Eponin called the current amount of payments to the recruits "only symbolic" and added that the recruits perform complex tasks, replace regular soldiers in military units that went to the front, and perform difficult and dangerous service in the front areas. "Yes, guys in the army don't starve, but it's not just bread - a soldier on leave should at least be able to afford a movie and ice cream. We believe that a large increase in the financial allowance of the conscripts is a visible expression of the state's respectful attitude towards the military, which is necessary to strengthen the value of military service," Aponin emphasized. It is proposed to include additional expenditures in the federal budget for 2027 and the 2028–2029 planning period. Their size will depend on the number of recruits. How do you rate the initiative? Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - Read news without interruptions and a VPN.