Russia is charging families of dead soldiers $1,500 to get their bodies back, human-rights group claims
Russia is charging families of dead soldiers $1,500 to get their bodies back, human-rights group claims
A Ukrainian human-rights group says Russian commanders are charging families to retrieve remains. Crimea SOS accused the Russians of charging some $1,500
Insider was unable to independently verify the claim.
Look, I side with Ukraine in this conflict, but this info is coming from a Ukrainian human rights group. I think I'd assume that this is propaganda that might contain a grain of truth.
Ah yes Effin Birds https://micro.blog/effinbirds
Nice, thanks for giving them credit. I had no idea when from whom it came :)
I'm sitting here watching Jack Ryan season 3 and Russia is portrayed as this big bad world super power and it's endleslessly laughable.
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah... that season was a little interesting. They definitely wrote it before the war as it has not aged well.
To put things into perspective, that's ~4 months of median salary, or ~8 months of minimum wage.
And what is the death benefit to the family?
Russian officers refused to collect the bodies of dead troops so the military wouldn't have to pay their families, convict soldier says https://lemmy.world/post/3294516
I've heard figures up to $30k, I think, but 1. reports on whether these are or are not paid out reliably don't seem conclusive to me 2. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't a regional coefficient, and these are Moscow numbers 3. wrestling them out of the system must be hard, and now there's also $SUBJ.
If there is a terrible way of doing anything, Russia goes that route.
Russia is what a country run by only Republicans would look like. Desolation and grift everywhere. In short, in the wise words of orange man, "a shithole country".
Russians are mostly conservative, so they will not rock the boat by complaining too much. They will just say it's all for the best.
Conservatism harms everyone. Even conservatives.
It's interesting how you've shoehorned conservatism into the conversation, but "fatalism" is the right word here.
Shoehorned? I think you mean "accurately described" instead of politely keeping quiet like we always used to do. The truth is, normal people have always seen the dangerous conservatism around us. We've just been polite this whole time. Look where that's gotten us.
Conservatism is a plague and should be spoken about openly. We should be teaching our children why we don't do business or keep relationships with racists, misogynists, bigots, xenophobes, homophobes or any other types of conservatives.
Wherever possible, normal people should be marginalizing the haters to marginalize the hate.
Anyone else feel two massive countries (Russia and China) are lurching from serious crisis to crisis (war, economic slowdown) and just feels like the "I'm in Danger" meme?
The US isn't much better. The 3 world superpowers are in serious trouble.
So much for getting a new car...
This is adding insult to injury.
They’re a bit more than injured if I understood correctly.
you made me crack up with that lovely bit of gallows humour.
Everything is a fucking grift in Russia. Goddamn.
What #Ruzzians allow, will continue.