Teslag said:
Sorry. Correction, he said they are some of the most highly paid in the world.
Ah, so the
correction to your lie is a small part of the truth,
which is that they are very well paid by comparison to both their living standard in Russia and global soldier salaries. (Pro Ukraine source):
Quote:
When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Russian junior officers were making just over 81,000 rubles (about $900) a month. A few months later, in October 2022, because of the conflict's deteriorating status pay increased for Russian troops, with pay for the most junior troops starting at about 195,000 rubles ($2,100) a month.
"It is highly likely that the salary and additional benefits are a strong incentive for personnel to join up, especially to those from the poorer areas of Russia. However, Russia is still unlikely to meet its targets for recruiting volunteers to the ranks," the British Military Intelligence assessed in a recent estimate of the war.
Today, the most junior Russian troops receive over 200,000 rubles (slightly over $2,100) a month. This sum is almost three times larger than the average Russian national salary, which is about 73,000 rubles ($765) a month.
In comparison, junior enlisted personnel in the U.S. military make between $23,000 and $30,000 a year while the U.S. average salary is around $59,000.
To be sure, U.S. military personnel get a lot of indirect bonuses, such as grocery and housing allowances. But even with these bonuses, Russian military pay is levels higher than that of American troops in the context of their respective economies.
This paradox is a result of the most serious force generation issues that plague the Russian military.
They also have comparatively fewer worthless combat support/combat service support/REMF NCO's/warrant officers and generals, and more junior officers etc. than we do, so it's difficult to really compare.
The expendable folks like Wagner PMC etc. mercenaries were better paid. The conscripts, less so.
Now, at this stage of their partial mobilization, they don't need to pay/use those groups so much of course. In point of fact, I don't need to re-document this publicly because if the Russian uniformed forces weren't much stronger and were desperate for draftees/mercenaries still, it would have been posted here many times over the past week/month.
You sure seem to be letting your keyboard get ahead of your recollection/fabrications a lot. Funny/sad.