Russia's Defense Ministry has calculated the estimated costs of holding military funerals for the country's presidents, prime ministers, and members of the government at a state cemetery in the Moscow Region.
According to the bill, around 592,000 rubles (approximately $9,498) is expected to be spent on urns to be stored at a columbarium and 706,000 rubles (approximately $11,345) is expected to be spent on funerals for presidents of the USSR and the Russian Federation. Up to 3,927,000 rubles ($63,065) is expected to be spent on the installation of gravestones.
Anywhere between 369,000 and 483,000 rubles (approximately between $5,923 and $7,757) is expected to be spent on the funerals of former and current heads of governments, ministers, chairmen of the State Duma and the Federation Council, and military personnel; and up to 3,575,000 rubles (approximately $57,394) is expected to be spent on their tombstones.
In regards to other politically-important figures, the Defense Ministry anticipates spending between 322,000 and 436,000 rubles (approximately $5,174 to $7,006) on their funerals and up to 2,197,000 rubles (approximately $35,309) on their gravestones.
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