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Russia Plans to Push Military Salaries Into 2027 for First Time in at Least 18 Years

The draft would shift December pay into January for the first time in at least 18 years, while frontline troops in Ukraine would stay on the old schedule.

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Russia’s Defense Ministry has proposed postponing December 2026 salary payments to military personnel until January 2027, potentially ending a longstanding practice of paying service members before the end of the calendar year.

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Moscow wants to postpone the December salaries of most military personnel to January, which is part of a picture of growing financial bottlenecks.

·Berlin, Germany
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In Russia, payment of the December allowance to the military not participating in the war is planned to be postponed until January. If the draft order of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation accepts it will be the first such change in at least 18 years, writing a Russian edition of "Wristka." According to the current procedure, the allowance is paid from the 10th to the 20th of each month in the previous month. The exception is Dece…

The Russian military has proposed to change the payment procedure, which has remained unchanged for at least 18 years

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The December salary payment of soldiers in the Russian armed forces is proposed to be postponed until January next year, writes the investigative Russian media outlet Vjorstka.

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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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