https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/d8d96863-d024-47e1-8a01-79416f96ef49 The Saratov region has gone into debt to pay off participants in the ‘SVO’ This was stated by Alexander Anidalov (CPRF), a member of the legislative assembly. According to him, local authorities are for some reason ‘embarrassed’ and “hiding” the fact that loans are being taken out to make large payments to participants in the war with Ukraine. At the same time, the situation with the regional budget is ‘catastrophic’ — all social items have been cut. By the end of this year, residents of the Saratov region who have decided to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defence will receive a one-time regional payment of 500,000 roubles (and this is far from the highest payment in Russia — in Nizhny Novgorod, they give three million). Despite the budget deficit, the appetites of the returning ‘heroes of the SVO’ are only growing: today, the head of the regional fund ‘Defenders of the Fatherland,’ Denis Belousov, demanded that deputies strengthen support measures for former members of the ‘Storm Z’ detachment and private military companies. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:06:35 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/d8d96863-d024-47e1-8a01-79416f96ef49 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.