For the first time in at least 18 years, the Ministry of Defense requests to postpone the December salaries of the military personnel to January. An exception will be made for those who fought in Ukraine. This material (information) is produced and distributed by the foreign agent of the bell or relates to the activity of the foreign agent of the bell. 18+ The Ministry of Defense published on the portal amendments to the procedure for paying salaries to military personnel. Now the army accepts it from the 10th to the 20th of the last month, and for the month of December - until December 25th, this is how the current order of the Minister of Defense No. 727 works. According to the new version, money for December will be received only from January 11 to January 21 of the next year. The previous dates will be reserved for the joint force group(s) conducting combat operations in Ukraine. "Layout" drew attention to the project. The reasons for the changes are not explained in the document. The public discussion of the project will continue until November 13. If the amendments are adopted by this system, they can start working as early as this December, writes "Prisa". According to the publication, military personnel have received December allowances before Rosh Hashanah since at least 2008. So it was consolidated in Ministry of Defense Order No. 250, and then the same order was preserved in the 2011 order. The transfer of payments went hand in hand with a difficult budget situation. In September, the Ministry of Finance raised the estimate of the federal budget deficit for 2026 to 7.345 trillion rubles (3.2% of GDP). This is almost double the 3.786 trillion rubles established by law (1.6% of GDP). If the project is accepted, the money for December will come out of the treasury in 2027 and will not be included in this year's expenses.

For the first time in at least 18 years, the Ministry of Defense requests to postpone the December salaries of the military personnel to January. An exception will be made for those who fought in Ukraine. This material (information) is produced and distributed by the foreign agent of the bell or relates to the activity of the foreign agent of the bell. 18+ The Ministry of Defense published on the portal amendments to the procedure for paying salaries to military personnel. Now the army accepts it from the 10th to the 20th of the last month, and for the month of December - until December 25th, this is how the current order of the Minister of Defense No. 727 works. According to the new version, money for December will be received only from January 11 to January 21 of the next year. The previous dates will be reserved for the joint force group(s) conducting combat operations in Ukraine. "Layout" drew attention to the project. The reasons for the changes are not explained in the document. The public discussion of the project will continue until November 13. If the amendments are adopted by this system, they can start working as early as this December, writes "Prisa". According to the publication, military personnel have received December allowances before Rosh Hashanah since at least 2008. So it was consolidated in Ministry of Defense Order No. 250, and then the same order was preserved in the 2011 order. The transfer of payments went hand in hand with a difficult budget situation. In September, the Ministry of Finance raised the estimate of the federal budget deficit for 2026 to 7.345 trillion rubles (3.2% of GDP). This is almost double the 3.786 trillion rubles established by law (1.6% of GDP). If the project is accepted, the money for December will come out of the treasury in 2027 and will not be included in this year's expenses.