Injured Russian soldiers get compensation based on ‘level of injury’ – Firstpost

Russian soldiers who suffered minimal injuries during the war in Ukraine will be paid less after President Vladimir Putin approved an order on Thursday allowing a reduction in compensation.

The country needs more soldiers to achieve greater profits
Ukraine and for that reason the government has sometimes increased payments for those placed on the battlefield to stimulate mobilization. The current compensation amount is 3 million rubles (almost $29,000).

Generous payments for volunteers have helped Russia avoid another nationwide mobilization after a troubled campaign led to a mass exodus of people to neighboring countries in 2022.

How much do soldiers get paid now?

When the new order is announced, a three-tiered compensation scale will be introduced, with a soldier being paid based on their level of injury.

The “most” seriously injured will continue to receive the 3 million rubles, while a soldier for a “minor” injury will receive 1 million rubles (almost $10,000). “Other minor injuries” still earn a soldier 100,000 rubles ($960), according to TASS.

However, the decision does not specify how the severity of an injury will be classified. There is also no mention of how much money the government will save by reducing compensation.

Earlier this month, Anna Tsivileva, Putin’s deputy defense minister and distant cousin, after visiting a Moscow hospital and speaking to soldiers and doctors who raised the idea, raised the question of how to distribute compensation more fairly can be.

Russia suffers from its deadliest month

Last week, the British defense chief said that the
Russian army In October alone, the country lost 1,500 dead and wounded as a result of the war in Ukraine.

Talk to BBC, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russians are paying an “extraordinary price” over President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and that in October the country suffered its worst losses since the war began in 2022.

“Russia is about to suffer 700,000 deaths or injuries – the enormous pain and suffering that the Russian nation must bear because of Putin’s ambitions,” the chief of defense staff said.

With input from authorities