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Looks like it arrived today.Guest from abroad wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:44 amRussian 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.Bob Butler wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 5:20 pmJust checked Google, which gave 195,000 rubles or $2,535 a month. Not sure if this is before or after the boost.
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.
And there is still no guarantee Putin survives.Guest wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:53 amLooks like it arrived today.Guest from abroad wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:44 amRussian 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.Bob Butler wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 5:20 pm
Just checked Google, which gave 195,000 rubles or $2,535 a month. Not sure if this is before or after the boost.
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.
Care to explain why?Cool Breeze wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:09 pm Ha! You guys are losers, just like the half dead people you listen to.
This 'Guest from abroad' gets it.Guest from abroad wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 10:10 pmThe poster's joke went over your head.Bob Butler wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 5:20 pmJust checked Google, which gave 195,000 rubles or $2,535 a month. Not sure if this is before or after the boost.
Of note, the regular Russian army is marking a lot of dead Russian troops as Missing in Action--not Killed in Action--in order to avoid or delay (and eventually avoid) paying the death bonus promised in the contracts. Also, monthly pay is also being delayed or docked in many cases.
The Wagner Group seems to be better at paying out death benefits and honoring contracts than the regular Russian army. Wagner Group veterans, even the disabled and badly mangled Wagner Group veterans, are deeply loyal to the Wagner PMC leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, which is interesting.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has built up a huge following in Russia. When a Russian (anti-Putin/ Anti-war) You Tuber asked Russians on the street what they thought of Wagner, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Prigozhin's rants on Telegram (which I have watched) are extremely effective. Prigozhin speaks the language of the common Russian man in the streets. Putin does not. Prigozhin knows how to work a crowd. If Putin doesn't kill him soon, Prigozhin WILL challenge Putin for power.
Cool Breeze does not get it.Cool Breeze wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 9:30 amNo he won't.Guest from abroad wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 10:10 pmThe poster's joke went over your head.Bob Butler wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 5:20 pm
Just checked Google, which gave 195,000 rubles or $2,535 a month. Not sure if this is before or after the boost.
Of note, the regular Russian army is marking a lot of dead Russian troops as Missing in Action--not Killed in Action--in order to avoid or delay (and eventually avoid) paying the death bonus promised in the contracts. Also, monthly pay is also being delayed or docked in many cases.
The Wagner Group seems to be better at paying out death benefits and honoring contracts than the regular Russian army. Wagner Group veterans, even the disabled and badly mangled Wagner Group veterans, are deeply loyal to the Wagner PMC leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, which is interesting.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has built up a huge following in Russia. When a Russian (anti-Putin/ Anti-war) You Tuber asked Russians on the street what they thought of Wagner, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Prigozhin's rants on Telegram (which I have watched) are extremely effective. Prigozhin speaks the language of the common Russian man in the streets. Putin does not. Prigozhin knows how to work a crowd. If Putin doesn't kill him soon, Prigozhin WILL challenge Putin for power.
Prigozhin and his 6 top PMC leads were all assassinated by Putin. A clean sweep.Guest wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:54 pmJohn wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 1:26 pm ** 23-Aug-2023 World View: Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin killed
Ten killed in private jet crash north of
Moscow - Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
'on passenger list'
Wednesday 23 August 2023
https://news.sky.com/story/ten-killed-i ... t-12946006- Dmitry Utkin, the co-founder and second-in-command of PMC Wagner, has also died aboard the plane.
A clean sweep.
CB is wrong about Bitcoin just as he was wrong about Wagner PMC rebelling. Don't worry. You will get used to his wrong callshey wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 12:35 amCool Breeze does not get it.Cool Breeze wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 9:30 amNo he won't.Guest from abroad wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 10:10 pm
The poster's joke went over your head.
Of note, the regular Russian army is marking a lot of dead Russian troops as Missing in Action--not Killed in Action--in order to avoid or delay (and eventually avoid) paying the death bonus promised in the contracts. Also, monthly pay is also being delayed or docked in many cases.
The Wagner Group seems to be better at paying out death benefits and honoring contracts than the regular Russian army. Wagner Group veterans, even the disabled and badly mangled Wagner Group veterans, are deeply loyal to the Wagner PMC leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, which is interesting.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has built up a huge following in Russia. When a Russian (anti-Putin/ Anti-war) You Tuber asked Russians on the street what they thought of Wagner, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Prigozhin's rants on Telegram (which I have watched) are extremely effective. Prigozhin speaks the language of the common Russian man in the streets. Putin does not. Prigozhin knows how to work a crowd. If Putin doesn't kill him soon, Prigozhin WILL challenge Putin for power.
Prigozhin was ‘naive’ to believe Putin’s word following failed mutiny | former GRU Spetsnaz
- Dmitry Utkin, the co-founder and second-in-command of PMC Wagner, has also died aboard the plane.