INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin and the Defense Ministry plan to continue their campaign to recruit contract servicemen for the Russian army next year, our
to find approximately 400,000 people to agree to go to the front next year, the source said.Another person taking part in Kremlin meetings
confirmed that the regions will be responsible for finding and recruiting new contract servicemen next year.He did not give an exact quota
MoscowThe main thing that lures people to war is money
While the average salary in Russia is about 70,000 rubles ($760), the monthly salary of a contract serviceman starts at 204,000 rubles
entitled to a one-time payment from the federal budget in the amount of 195,000 when their contract is concluded
recruit 400,000 contract servicemen in 2023 was first reported in March
19, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that 490,000 contract servicemen and volunteers have been enlisted since the beginning of the
year, but according to Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, volunteers account for about 21% of those enlisted
By that estimate, about 387,000 people have signed contracts with the Defense Ministry since the beginning of the year.Vladimir Putin and
that there were 405,000 contractors in the Russian army
Shoigu announced at the end of 2022
However, the target for contract soldiers for 2023 was 400,000 fighters
As we calculated above, about 387,000 people signed a contract with the Defense Ministry
announced the day before for 2024 has been fulfilled: to increase the number of contractors to 745,000.Distribution of leaflets advertising
contract service near the subway in Moscow.Arthur Novosiltsev / Moskva News AgencyOur sources in the government were unanimous in their
belief that it will be much more difficult for the authorities to fulfill the plan to recruit contractors next year, although the situation
Plus in some regions, there are rotational workers, and their salaries are even higher
If you are paid 150,000 rubles at a civilian job, why do you need the 200,000 rubles that the Defense Ministry pays to a contract
If you attract one of them to the army, this person drops out of somewhere
market, the source continued.Mobile complex of the recruitment center for military service under contract at the Army-2023 forum.Yaroslav
Chingaev / Moskva News Agency"There is a specific story with Russian Railways, where there is a huge shortage of personnel at construction
And this deficit has become even stronger this year, as workers are finding less physically demanding jobs with salaries 1.5-2 times higher
boasts of this figure, the financial and economic bloc is not happy about it, as the shortage of workers is holding back economic
labor shortage the main source of internal risk to the economy.Sending contractors to units of the Russian Armed Forces.Alexander Avilov /
Moskva News AgencyDespite the labor shortage, the plan for contract servicemen will be fulfilled through more targeted campaigning, a source
We have not had time to mobilize them
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