Aggressor Russia’s industrial labor shortage reached a new high of 42% in July 2023.
In the UK Ministry of Defence statedthat the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of people for the war in Ukraine has a negative effect on the Russian economy. No new mobilization is likely before the 2024 presidential election.
By the end of 2023, the Russian military intends to recruit 420 thousand contract soldiers. On September 3, 2023, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said that 280 thousand military personnel have been recruited so far. However, these figures cannot be independently verified.
Conscription in Russia continues to have a negative impact on its industrial workforce, says British Intelligence. The deficit in Russia’s manufacturing industry reached a new high of 42% in July 2023, up 7% from April 2023, according to the Yegor Gaidar Economic Policy Institute.
However, unlike conscription in other countries, in the IT sector Russia has taken steps to retain its workforce. This is likely to reflect a particularly severe shortage in the sector after approximately 100,000 IT professionals leave Russia by 2022 (10% of the workforce in the IT sector).
On September 4, 2023, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree increasing the age of exemption from military conscription for IT specialists from 27 to 30 years.
According to British intelligence, this shows that mobilization and conscription in Russia have exacerbated labor shortages in the non-defense sector.
The British Ministry of Defense believes that on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia, scheduled for March 2024, the Russian authorities will probably try to prevent unpopular mobilizations.
We remind you that, according to the General Staff, in the near future the forced mobilization of the population will begin in Russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Its numbers, according to various estimates, can be from 400 to 700 thousand people.
Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported that Russia is recruiting about 20 thousand people into the army every month.
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