People who signed a contract with the Russian defense ministry from May 1 and/or their spouses are free from debts of up to 10 million rubles (around €120,000) if a legal claim to collect those debts was in force before that date, the decree posted on the Kremlin's website said. The contract to join the 'special military operation'—what Russia calls its February 2022 invasion and occupation of Ukraine—should be signed for at least one year, the Kremlin said. On Monday, Putin also signed a decree indefinitely extending rental rights for state land for those fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
