# Russian Communist lawmaker says all citizens should share war burden equally

https://mins.news/en/item/98478

- Meduza, 2026-10-13 18:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/13/russian-communist-party-lawmaker-says-all-citizens-should-bear-the-burden-of-the-war-against-ukraine-equally

> Anatoly Lokot, a lawmaker from Russia’s Communist Party, said all citizens should share equally in the burden of the war against Ukraine, adding that the struggle should unite rather than divide them. The State Duma approved the 2025 budget accounts, which showed a 5.63 trillion-ruble deficit. The Accounts Chamber found 580 billion rubles in budget violations, up 30.7% from a year earlier. The party opposed the report, citing “systemic problems.”

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