Instead of mobilization: how the Russian Federation will recruit men for war in Ukraine

Its interlocutors noted that the Russian regions received a plan for contracts for the next year, which will be about the same as this year. "Since the spring 2023, a large -scale information campaign on the advertising of the contract service in the army has launched in the Russian regions. The main thing that attracts people to war is money," the journalist said.

She noted that the average salary in the Russian Federation is about 70 thousand rubles, while the monthly salary of the contractor begins with 204 thousand rubles. In addition, there are bonuses for participation in offensive actions, capture of military equipment. Servicemen receive a one -time payment of 195 thousand rubles for the conclusion of the contract, and the surcharges are made by some regions, including the Moscow region.

According to officials of the Russian Federation, in 2023 the country exceeded the plan for contracts. According to Sergiy Shoiga of December 19, 490,000 contractors and volunteers came to the service since the beginning of the year. In particular, the military who signed the contract should fight for a formal end of the war, and volunteers can leave the front after the expiration of the life.

The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reported that about 21%of volunteers accounted for the share of volunteers, so the contract concluded about 387 thousand people. Sources of the journalist noted that next year Russia would be more difficult to implement a plan for a set of contractors than this year. "People who went to war for patriotic reasons ended," the interlocutor said.

Another interlocutor stressed that despite the labor deficit in the Russian Federation, the plan for contracts will be fulfilled, in particular by "more targeted agitation". According to him, they can recruit non -child support citizens, they will "be able to pay off their homeland and pay alimony. " The journalist said that the contract allows the authorities not to mobilize citizens with "big waves".

However, according to the source, local authorities would prefer mobilization because it is "easier". "But when one of the governors tries to convey that let us, maybe another mobilization, sounds a tough refusal. Only a contract," the interlocutor added. We will remind, on December 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the second wave of mobilization is not planned. According to him, by the end of the year the Russian Federation will gain enough volunteers.