After more than four years of war in Ukraine, Russian forces have suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties. And all those soldiers so that the country led by Vladimir Putin can continue fighting with guarantees on Ukrainian territory.
That is the reason why the Kremlin pressures regional governors to comply with the . More than 400,000 fighters have to be sent to the front annually and Moscow assigns each region a specific goal in this regard.
If governors want to keep their jobs, they have to meet the recruitment numbers demanded by the Kremlin.. Consequently, not all regions pay the same to a Russian citizen who is recruited to fight in Ukraine.
Through an investigation in which they have posed as a person willing to enlist as a contract soldier in Russia, from the German media have been able to put figures to how much money you get right now for going to fight in Ukraine under the Russian flag.
In the Russian Autonomous Okrug Yamalia-Nenetsiathe official who attended the aforementioned media informed them that a bonus of 3.6 million rubles is offered (about 40,600 eurosat the current exchange rate) that They are entered within a period of five days after signing the contract.
To this must be added another 400,000 rubles (approximately 4.500 euros) from the Ministry of Defense and, obviously, the reimbursement of travel expenses.
In Saint Petersburg they pay up to 50,000 euros
However, the high number of Russian casualties and, consequently, the Kremlin’s high recruitment target has led some regions to exceed the amount of money offered in Yamalia-Nenetsia.
The neighboring autonomous district of Khanty-Mansiin Western Siberia, pays some 45.000 euros to whoever decides to go fight in Ukraine. And the figure reaches 50.000 euros (without including the contribution of the Ministry of Defense in either case) in Saint Petersburg and its surroundings.
Russia’s casualties in the Ukrainian war
Western intelligence agencies and analysis centers estimate that More than a million Russian soldiers have been killed, wounded or missing during these more than four years of armed conflict in Ukraine.
For example, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published at the end of last January in which it was pointed out that from February 2022, Russian forces have suffered almost 1.2 million casualties (dead, injured and missing).
For his part, the UK Ministry of Defensebased on figures from the Ukrainian General Staff, estimates that The Russian army loses between 30,000 and 35,000 soldiers a month in Ukraine for death or injury.
