A story of five facts, one assumption, and one spell of hope.

The fact 1.
On April 16, 2018, the official website of NIA of Uzbekistan published the Decree of the President of the Republic: in connection with the 73rd anniversary of victory over fascism, EVERY participant and disabled of the Second World War in Uzbekistan in a solemn and festive setting will be awarded a monetary reward of 5 million sums. The expenses related to the implementation of this Decree will be incurred at the expense of the Republic of Uzbekistan budget.

The fact 2.
Uzbekistan is a crowded, poor country that does not trade in huge amounts of oil, gas, metals, forest, mineral fertilizers, etc. Wages are low there. Five million sums, or 38.5 thousand rubles, or 618 U.S. dollars (by the market rate of the moment) - there is, neither much nor little, four average monthly salaries.

The fact 3.
On May 7, 2018, the official Internet portal of legal information of the Russian Federation published the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (No. 195 of May 6, 2018 "On single payments to certain categories of citizens in connection with the 73rd anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"), the essence of which is reduced to the one-time payment of 10 thousand rubles to veterans and disabled veterans in Russia and the Baltic countries.

Fact of 4.
Russia is not a very poor country. It remains the world’s leading exporter of oil and gas.
Four average monthly wages in Russia - it is almost 162 thousand rubles (the latest data of the State Statistics - February 2018). from 40443 rubles.
The country hosted the Olympics which cost several times more than the three previous winters combined. The expenses of the World Cup in football and small fools of the type of dogs flying on business jets Corgi will not be counted, because we are talking about documented facts at the moment.
For example, the program of creating the domestic limousine "Cortez", which was very useful on the same day, May 7, during the inauguration of the President of the Russian Federation, cost the budget 12.4 billion rubles (this is only for 2017 year, not counting the expenses of the current year).

Fact of 5.
The funds aimed at the development of the presidential car (apparently after the fleet of armored Meresedesov-Pulmanov developed a resource and turned into a weddar with gauges) would allow to pay EVERYONE of the survivors to the present moment 97 058 Russian veterans and disabled OVs amount equal to 127 thousand 758 rubles 66 copies.
Counting with the veterans of the three Baltic countries - 123 thousand 461 rubles 70 kopecks.
If you add the initial tenth from the generosity of the Russian President - then you will get a sum, not so terribly far from the Uzbek indicator of four average wages.

Assumption and shy hope:
I believe that the Russian President was pleasant and comfortable to drive 250 meters in a new car through the Kremlin during the inauguration.
And since he now finally has a car, I want to hope that in a year, by the 74th Anniversary of the Great Victory, "some categories of citizens", the number of which in a year, unfortunately, will again decrease, will receive from the country not a humiliating payout, but a sum, finally, at least partly worthy of their feat, our people and our memory.