Payments to Men who Sign Up to Fight in Ukraine and to Those who have Lost Someone There Stabilizing Russian Society, ‘Re-Russia’ Says

Paul Goble
    Staunton, Nov. 20 – The bonuses the Russian authorities are offering to those who agree to fight in Ukraine and payments to families who have lost a member in that war are stabilizing Russian society at home by injecting large amounts of cash into the economy at a time when its absence could have led to unrest, the Re-Russia portal says.
    Most attention has focused on the bonuses the government has offered to raise troops and the way in which such payments have allowed the regime to maintain force levels without having to resort to what would be an extremely unpopular move toward general mobilization, the portal continues (re-russia.net/analytics/0212/).
    But at least equally important is the way that such payments along with money paid to families who have lost someone in the war help stabilize Russian society by injecting cash into communities that might otherwise become more angry and willing to protest, Re-Russia concludes on the basis of an extensive review of polling data and other analyses.