Employees of Voronezh university were asked to donate wages to Russian army

A sample form, which employees could use to request that one day’s worth of their wages be directed instead to the Russian military, was sent around departments at Voronezh State University. The publication 7×7 Gorizontalnaya Rossiya published photos of the template form.

According to the text of the document, the money will be sent to the Voronezh Social Support Fund. It is intended to “help residents in territories where the ‘special military operation [SVO]’ is happening, and participants in the ‘SVO.’”

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After the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the media regularly reported on “voluntary” collection drives, for helping residents of the Donbas and Russian service members, among employees of state-funded organizations. During the fall, teachers from Perm, Tambov, and Ryazan were asked to “pitch in.”