Table 8. ‘Social support’ measures for personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defence, 2021–25
Figures are millions of roubles.
a The state programme ‘Social support of citizens’ covers support for various recipients, including victims of radiation, heroes of the Soviet Union or Russia, and war veterans (mainly World War II). In 2023 c. 38 billion roubles went to additional recipients, but it is not possible to determine who they were. They were possibly war-related as formerly undertaking military service. This extra category disappeared in the 2024 and 2025 budget laws.
b Budget line 187 10.03 03480 is state support measures, including compensation to families of war dead or seriously injured (034800240): 5594 million roubles in 2022, 42 590 million roubles in 2023 and 13 563 million roubles in the 2024 budget listing but not shown in 2025 budget law.
c The uses of this figure are not given apart from 30 billion roubles specified as social support and other payments and some minor allocations.
d The 5 types of monetary payment are more fully described as (a) one-off payments to new on contracts; (b) monthly ‘social’ payments to mobilized service people; (c) monthly ‘social’ payments for those in action in ‘special military action’; (d) payments of military medical personnel; and (e) other ‘social’ payments.
Sources: 2021–23: Russian federal laws no. 249-ФЗ of 14 July 2022, no. 329-ФЗ of 24 July 2023 and no. 161-ФЗ of 8 July 2024 on the execution of the federal budgets for 2021–23. 2024 budget law: Russian Federal Law no. 540-ФЗ ‘О федеральном бюджете на 2024 год и на плановый период 2025 и 2026 годов’ [On the federal budget for 2024 and the planning period 2025 and 2026], signed into law 27 Nov. 2023; 2024 budget listing: ‘Отчет об исполнении федерального бюджета на 1 октября 2024 г.’ [Report on the execution of the federal budget as of 1 October 2024]. 2025 budget law: as for table 6.
b Budget line 187 10.03 03480 is state support measures, including compensation to families of war dead or seriously injured (034800240): 5594 million roubles in 2022, 42 590 million roubles in 2023 and 13 563 million roubles in the 2024 budget listing but not shown in 2025 budget law.
c The uses of this figure are not given apart from 30 billion roubles specified as social support and other payments and some minor allocations.
d The 5 types of monetary payment are more fully described as (a) one-off payments to new on contracts; (b) monthly ‘social’ payments to mobilized service people; (c) monthly ‘social’ payments for those in action in ‘special military action’; (d) payments of military medical personnel; and (e) other ‘social’ payments.
Sources: 2021–23: Russian federal laws no. 249-ФЗ of 14 July 2022, no. 329-ФЗ of 24 July 2023 and no. 161-ФЗ of 8 July 2024 on the execution of the federal budgets for 2021–23. 2024 budget law: Russian Federal Law no. 540-ФЗ ‘О федеральном бюджете на 2024 год и на плановый период 2025 и 2026 годов’ [On the federal budget for 2024 and the planning period 2025 and 2026], signed into law 27 Nov. 2023; 2024 budget listing: ‘Отчет об исполнении федерального бюджета на 1 октября 2024 г.’ [Report on the execution of the federal budget as of 1 October 2024]. 2025 budget law: as for table 6.