In 2024, Russia’s contract recruitment rate increased at least six times compared to the previous year.
In the first half of 2024, 166.2 thousand people entered into contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. During the same period in 2023, there were only 26.7 thousand such applicants.
Journalists attribute the increase in the number of contract workers to the increase in payments.
“From April to June 2024, 92.8 thousand people received a one-time payment for signing a contract,” the publication said.
Journalists note that these figures may not reflect the exact number of new contract workers due to possible delays in payments.
“If a person signed a contract in March and received money in April, he will be considered in the statistics of the second quarter,” they explained.
To attract more of its citizens to the war, the Russian government increases payments. In August 2024, the federal payment increased from 195 thousand to 400 thousand rubles, and regional payments increased on average four times.
The sources of the publication report that by 2023 the regions have fulfilled the recruitment plan by only 50-60%. In 2024, these rates have increased, but it is still not enough to cover the losses in Russia.
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Source: korrespondent
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