Russia plans to recruit 420,000 military contract personnel by the end of the year, likely exacerbating the country's labor shortage, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its intelligence report on Sept. 11.
Russia plans to recruit 420,000 military contract personnel by the end of the year, likely exacerbating the country's labor shortage, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its intelligence report on Sept. 11.
The Kremlin has acknowledged the crucial role of the I.T. sector. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Sept. 4 to increase the military service exemption age for I.T. professionals from 27 to 30.
For what it's worth, Russia is going to get a huge generations of people getting into programming right now.
Was Elon Musk the whole think tank that supplied them with that idea? The whole 420k people just sounds like a dumb Musk number. And what weapons are they going to supply these people with? Does the whole squad share a singular gun or what?
I am guessing conscription because otherwise it's going to go something like this.
Step 1: Recruit mercenaries from all over the world(most of which have warmer climates than Russia).
Step 2: Russian winter.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit??