By the way, on that last part, it shocked me to learn that a lot of people don’t even know that mobilized fighters get paid. And not only get paid but quite handsomely. In fact, the average Russian soldier gets paid not only far more than equivalent American soldiers, but they make a king’s ransom compared to average Russian salaries. In Russian terms, the average Russian grunt soldier makes over 200k+ rubles per month. Depending on ruble/dollar conversion fluctuation that’s upwards of $3000 USD per month. That makes Russian soldiers some of the highest paid people in all of society, the equivalent to a senior programmer’s salary in Russia, and similar to doctors’ pay.

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