US EditionDisplaced Kursk Residents Protest End of State Support Payments
Officials will redirect 65,000 ruble monthly payments for 150,000 displaced residents to regional development starting January, prompting protests over survival concerns.
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Residents of the Kursk region took to the streets after Russian authorities canceled financial support for people who lost their property during last year's Ukrainian operation on Russian territory. Seven months of fighting left hundreds of families homeless and the region subsequently paid them monthly compensation. The governor has now announced the end of the financial support, arguing that the money is needed to revive the economy.
'We will become homeless' — Russians protest in Kursk Oblast over loss of compensation payments for property lost during Ukraine's incursion
Protesters recorded a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the removal of support would leave them unable to survive financially.
On 8 December, a spontaneous rally was held in Kursk between the inhabitants of the Glushkovsky and Sudjan districts, protesting against the decision of the authorities to cancel payments to those who had lost property as a result of the HUS invasion of the region.
Displaced Kursk Residents Protest End of State Support Payments
A group of residents in the southwestern Kursk region on Monday organized a protest in response to the regional government’s recent decision to end monthly compensation payments for those whose homes were badly damaged during Ukraine’s incursion.
The residents of the border areas of the Kursk region went to a meeting outside the Sudjan district administration building, where it is located ...
The Vice-Premier and the Governor of the Region have identified various amounts allocated for payments
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