Kremlin gives tax gift to Russian officers and soldiers deployed to Ukraine
Russian soldiers and officials deployed to Ukraine will no longer be required to declare their income, the Kremlin announced Friday, under an exemption from anti-corruption laws at a time when Moscow has intensified its measures to stimulate participation in the war, reports Agerpres, with reference to AFP.
"This targets those who work in the territories," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to the four Ukrainian regions - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye - claimed by Moscow for annexation, which however, they do not fully control them, and where most of the fighting is currently taking place.
On Thursday evening, the Russian government published a decree of President Vladimir Putin on the "specificity" of the rules of the fight against corruption for "some citizens during the special military operation" in Ukraine.
According to this text, the military, police and members of the security services operating in Ukraine, as well as other officials sent there, will no longer have "the obligation to provide information about their income, expenses, assets."
The measure also applies to "spouses and minor children" of the individuals concerned and is retroactive to February 24, 2022, the date the offensive in Ukraine began.
