On 27 September 2026, media reports said that the government of Russia’s Tula Region had redirected 54.2 million roubles allocated for social support towards one-off payments for servicemen, members of the Russian National Guard and their families.
The largest reduction, exceeding 41.8 million roubles, reportedly affected monthly payments to guardians, trustees and foster parents. Funding was also reduced for housing repairs for orphaned children, assistance to families raising children with disabilities, support for low-income families, pensioners and labour veterans.
The regional government’s official resolution provides for a total of 54,223,200 roubles in new military-related payments, but does not specify how the money will be distributed among recipients. The information was reported by Novaya Europe, The Insider and other media. The official resolution is also available online.
Tula Region already has financial-support programmes for combat veterans and their families. Since April, the region has provided 750,000 roubles for a serious injury. If a serviceman dies, the family is to receive 1.25 million roubles.
The source material describes the reallocation as part of a wider shift in regional budget priorities towards Russia’s so-called “special military operation”. It argues that cuts to social programmes could worsen conditions for vulnerable residents. These are assessments of the policy’s effects, rather than independently verified conclusions in the supplied material.
The material also cites figures for regional finances, stating that the combined deficit of regional consolidated budgets reached 1.54 trillion roubles in 2025 and that the number of deficit-making regions increased from 49 to 73. It further states that Russia’s 2026 federal budget includes 12.9 trillion roubles in military spending and that, together with expenditure on security services, the Russian National Guard and the Interior Ministry, the security bloc accounts for at least 40% of federal-centre spending.
According to the source, the regional decision included cuts of 2 million roubles for housing repairs for orphaned children, 1.8 million roubles for families with children with disabilities and 1.6 million roubles for support to adoptive parents. The supplied material does not provide further detail on the implementation of those reductions.
