One of the poorest regions of Russia became the leader in the cost of monuments killed in the war in Ukraine

The leader in expenditures was the Transbaikal Territory, where more than UAH 18 million in rubles was spent on memorials. Journalists of the Russian opposition media indirectly confirmed the fact that Russians from the most depressed regions of the Russian Federation went to the war in Ukraine. Yes, it turned out that most of the memorials for the dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were spent in the poorest Trans -Baikal Territory. About it reports The Moscow Times.

Since 2023, the Russian regions have concluded 34 contracts in the amount of more than 150 million rubles for the erection of monuments and memorials of memory of servicemen killed in Ukraine, follows from the data of the portal of public procurement. The leader in the cost of the memorials was the Transbaikal region, which spent more than 42 million rubles. The Transbaykal Territory with the Administrative Center in Chita has repeatedly included in the dozens of the poorest regions of Russia.

In the second place was the Republic of Tiva-there were more than 23 million rubles and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District with the amount of costs of 21 million rubles. At the beginning of September 2024, at least 1 212 killed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, 716-in the Republic of Tiva and 252-in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District during a full-scale war in Ukraine became one of the leaders in the cost of expanding cemeteries, spending more than 15 million rubles, as journalists found out. In the Transbaikal region, money was allocated for the creation of a memorial complex in several villages, settlements and in Borza.

It is noteworthy, but this city with a population of about 31 thousand people appeared in the news in February 2024, when the Armed Forces were struck on a landfill in the village of Trudovske, Donetsk region. It turned out that 68 fallen occupiers were from this city that the local authorities tried unsuccessfully to hide, first publishing a post about mourning for the dead of the 36th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and then removing the post. "This is a huge loss for Borgi, the city is orphaned.