The government will allocate 18 billion rubles. to support participants in a military operation

The Russian government will provide a grant in the amount of 18 billion rubles. Foundation “Defenders of the Fatherland”, said Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the coordination council. The funds should increase the effectiveness of the fund, accompanied by veterans of military operations and family members of deceased combatants.

Mikhail Mishustin noted that at the beginning of February, the areas of work of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation were expanded, including in terms of monitoring the quality of providing support measures to veterans and family members of participants in the military operation. “Now we will send a grant in the amount of more than 18 billion rubles, these funds are intended to help our children and their families in solving life situations. We are talking, first of all, about the acquisition of appropriate medical products, technical means of rehabilitation for those dismissed from service, as well as the restoration of documents for completing training or professional retraining and further employment,” he said.

Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Labor to constantly monitor the targeted and effective use of the allocated 18 billion rubles. “Supporting defenders is our common task, the fulfillment of which must be treated with great responsibility,” he concluded.

The Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation was created in April 2023 by decree of President Vladimir Putin. June 14 Russian government allocated the fund more than 1.3 billion rubles. to work in 2023. In June, the government announced the allocation of another 73 million rubles. for training fund coordinators. And in September sent 5 billion rubles to provide a grant to the fund.

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