Vladimir Putin’s obvious desperation was on display after an advertisement on state television featured salaries close to those of the Russian president himself for infantrymen enlisting to fight in Ukraine.
With a shortage of hard work reported just two and a half years after the full-scale invasion of February 24, 2022, Moscow Region recruits stand to earn 5. 2 million rubles (around £47,000) during the first year of service.
In addition, they will be entitled to a one-off payment of 1. 9 million rubles (around £17,000) for their registration, bringing the annual total for joining the Russian army to 7. 1 million rubles, according to an announcement broadcast by the state television last week.
The announcement aired on a program hosted by Vladimir Solovyov, a close best friend of Putin himself.
An excerpt shared in X via independent war blogger Dmitri of War Translated, who commented, “I perceive that there has been a lot of communication in recent years about the exponential accumulation of payments paid to Russians for signing a death contract.
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“But this morning, in Soloviev, a record has been reached. Recruits from the Moscow region will receive up to 5,200,000 rubles for the first year of service.
“It’s almost 50,000 pounds sterling. With a one-time payment of 1,900,000 rubles for the signing of this framework.
Putin’s source of income in 2021 amounted to about 10. 2 million rubles, according to public data. In late 2022, Putin signed a decree authorizing senior officials not to claim their source of income from the war. Therefore, Putin’s source of income figures for 2022 and 2023 are not known.
This recruitment drive comes after reports of high casualties in the Russian military.
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While the numbers have yet to be determined, research suggests that the death toll far exceeds the total reported to the public.
Independent media outlet Importante Stories studied data from Russia’s Federal Statistical Service (Rosstat) to calculate that at least 71,000 Russian infantrymen had been killed since the start of the war, Newsweek reported.
In addition, independent Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza conducted a joint investigation on July 5 into the knowledge of the country’s national inheritance registry.
They found that as of the end of last month, around 120,000 Russian soldiers had been killed, adding: “The real number may be as high as 140,000. “
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On May 31, the British Ministry of Defense said that Moscow had recorded more than 500,000 military deaths and injuries since the beginning of 2022.
Putin announced his “partial mobilization” in the fall of 2022.
Former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu promised to target 300,000 reservists and former army workers with “certain military specialties and applicable experience. ” Putin has since resisted pressure to introduce large-scale mobilization.
Konstantin Sonin, a Russian-born political economist at the University of Chicago, advised that the former KGB officer was most probably dissuaded from making such an announcement because it would mean that Russia was waging a war than a army operation to limited scale.
The true extent of Putin’s wealth is the subject of much conjecture.
He officially owns two vintage cars from the Soviet Union, an apartment and a garage in St. Petersburg and an apartment in Moscow.
However, he is also known for owning several luxury properties, including a summer space in Sochi nicknamed “Putin’s Palace”, the scene of a recent fire, as well as a sumptuous estate near the border between Russia and Russia. Finland.
Some analysts estimate that Putin is the richest man in the world, with Bill Browder, an Anglo-American financier, putting the 71-year-old at around £150 billion.
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