Putin slashes soldiers' payouts as Russia's losses in Ukraine skyrocket
Putin slashes soldiers' payouts as Russia's losses in Ukraine skyrocket
Estimates from researchers in the U.S. in July suggested that the Kremlin faces eye-watering costs for its payouts to troops injured in the war in Ukraine.
Summary
Russia has cut compensation for troops injured in Ukraine, limiting full payouts of 3 million rubles ($30,000) to those with severe, life-threatening injuries.
Soldiers with minor wounds will now receive reduced payments between 1 million ($10,000) and 100,000 ($1,000) rubles.
This change comes as Russia faces escalating war expenses, with casualty compensation costs estimated at 2.3 trillion rubles ($26 billion) by mid-2024.
High personnel losses have led to recruitment efforts funded by regional social welfare budgets, diverting resources from vulnerable populations, raising concerns about future mobilization efforts and public discontent.
Wow. 3 million rubles is down that much?
The exchange rate is basically frozen as the Russian central bank won't allow it to be freely traded on the open market.
Yeah, that was my thought.
I think it's clear that Biden and the west is banking on collapsing the country economically, which I totally understand as a reasonable idea. But I think that it fails to account for the incredibly unpredictable and negative consequences of collapsing a state. And that's before considering that it's a nuclear state.
Do you want a rebellion? Because that's how you get a rebellion.
Trump bouta deliver some foreign aid.
Interesting thumbnail poster, using both Zа and Беz spelling. I wonder if the Latin letter Z will eventually replace the Cyrillic variant, З, the longer this war drags on.
I can see it being more practical since З looks an awful lot like 3 for it to be confusing on a daily basis.
Wtf are these numbers?!