Bob Butler wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 5:20 pm
Guest wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 2:47 am
Monthly pay in the Russian army is now $5
Just checked Google, which gave 195,000 rubles or $2,535 a month. Not sure if this is before or after the boost.
Russian soldiers collect, on average,
to this day, a paltry 20,000 rubles ($220) a month, if they are paid at all. Death bonuses and military disability in the regular army are rarely paid or not paid at all. It is a scandal in Russia. Few, if any Russian soldiers are paid 195,000 rubles per month. Mobilization pay has also gone largely unpaid. Crippled Russian soldiers live in dire poverty. The Russian army officer corps is filled with cowards and common thieves.
Only Wagner PMC and Prigozhin honor its contracts. Westerners have
no idea how screwed up Putin's Russia really is. Putin lies about everything. Prigozhin is also a liar but
Prigozhin did tell the truth about the war. Prigozhin remains a hero to most Russians.
The Night of Long Knives is coming.
Yevgeny Prigozhin remains Vladimir Vladimirovich 's paramount threat within Russia. And there is no guarantee Putin survives.