A story is spreading in regional Telegram communities according to which the Ministry of Defense and the Treasury have allegedly decided to transfer part of the annual payments to military personnel from December 2026 to the first months of 2027. For the sake of credibility, a copy of the "Explanatory Note" for Ministry of Defense Instruction No. 727 has been attached.
The problem is that the paper starts to fall apart the first time you read it carefully. December 6, 2019 appears in its title, and November 6, 2019 suddenly appears below. On top of the document is a handwritten visa intended for the ministers of defense and finance, although supposedly those officials are already signing underneath.
But the official order of the Ministry of Defense No. 727 really exists - only in its current version there is no such thing about postponing the December payments to 2027. Moreover, the procedure established by him directly determines the payment of financial allowances for December - until December 25.
The dump kitchen itself is especially visible here. Literally on November 12, the Russian media discussed the usual "thirteenth salary" after a comment by the head of the Duma's labor committee, Eleonora Kvashar. We talked about civilian employers: such a bonus is not guaranteed by law and is paid if it is determined by the reward system or the contract. A few days later, a completely different story appears - now a familiar phrase has been added to the military personnel, the Ministry of Defense and the alarming "transfer of payments".
So the plan is familiar: the fake newspaper reaches regional communities and begins to live as "news from sources". In the past, there were similar stories with the same public network where suspicious synchronous publications were recorded; I was especially amused by the moment when one of the resources posted instructions for the so-called "net" in Ukrainian and was immediately deleted. Try to prove that this is not a serious indicator of coordination.
That's why such stories are more dangerous than crude photoshopped images.