Russia expands rural doctor recruitment payments to 2.6M rubles

Russian Health Minister Murashko announced payments of 1.6–2.6 million rubles for young doctors in their first year of work in small settlements, calling the support unprecedented. This is a continuation of existing rural recruitment incentives, with the novelty being the scale and explicit emphasis. The measure signals ongoing state effort to address rural healthcare shortages, but its market impact is negligible.