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The authorities of the Republic of Mari El have raised payments to one million rubles for those who have signed contracts with the Ministry of Defense.

Head of the Republic Yuri Zaitsev raised The lump sum payment amount immediately doubled: from 500 thousand to one million.

Volunteers will receive an additional 400 rubles as a federal payment.

Last week, the amount of the lump sum payment increased в Kabardino-Balkaria: From 1,1 to 1,5 million rubles. This is the second increase in August (the region remains among the leaders in terms of lump-sum payments to contract soldiers, but ranks last in the family wealth rankings).

Payments to contract soldiers also increased in Karachay-Cherkessia (up to 1,6 million rubles) and Krasnodar region (up to 1,9 million rubles).

Regions began actively increasing payments from the end of July, after She urged Putin.

Read about how the battle for contract soldiers was fought in the past in a large analytical report material "NotMoscow".