This is why Russia declares so many of the dead as "missing in action" and refuses to pay the families. If the Kremlin started to properly pay out then Russia would go broke.
Russia would need to spend 6% of its entire 2024 budget to pay wounded soldiers and families of dead troops
https://www.businessinsider.com/rus...es-6-percent-annual-budget-researchers-2024-7
Russia would need to spend 6% of its entire 2024 budget to pay wounded soldiers and families of dead troops
https://www.businessinsider.com/rus...es-6-percent-annual-budget-researchers-2024-7