Many Russian regions are offering huge sign-on bonuses to find more recruits for the war in Ukraine. It seems to be working: I analyzed regional budget spending for over 20 Russian regions and the data says that recruitment in Russia is accelerating. janiskluge.substack.com/p/money-talk... - ThreadSky

jakluge.de • 15 days ago

Many Russian regions are offering huge sign-on bonuses to find more recruits for the war in Ukraine. It seems to be working: I analyzed regional budget spending for over 20 Russian regions and the data says that recruitment in Russia is accelerating.

https://janiskluge.substack.com/p/money-talks-russian-recruitment-takes

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connabln.bsky.social•14 days ago

How much? What about a buy-out? Would be much cheaper than this war going on. Bribe the Russians out of their army! Let’s find them a nice island where they can stay until W.P. is all alone in his bunker.

jockh.bsky.social•15 days ago

People in Russia are so unhappy that they would rather die in Ukraine apparently...

jakluge.de•15 days ago

The regions I analyzed are just a small part of Russia, but they are very diverse and from different parts of the country, and they tell a similar story (which may not be that surprising): Offering millions of rubles attracts more recruits.

jakluge.de•15 days ago

One particularly interesting (very preliminary) finding of the analysis is that the rate of recruitment in most regions is proportional to the region's population size, be it rich or poor, large or small, ethnic or non-ethnic, industrial, rural or urban regions.

jakluge.de•15 days ago

Another interesting finding is that regions that recruit less (per capita) tend to increase their bonuses, while successful recruiters don't. This could indicate (I want to be really careful here) that the Kremlin is demanding a minimum number based on regional population.

jakluge.de•15 days ago

The daily rate of recruitment required by the Kremlin could be close to the region's population divided by 100,000 (the dotted line). If all regions are achieving that in the fourth quarter, then total recruitment in Russia would be 1,440 per day.

jakluge.de•15 days ago

I explained more on the methodology in my latest blog post. I look forward to feedback - criticism and ideas - that could help me to further develop this project.

https://janiskluge.substack.com/p/money-talks-russian-recruitment-takes

jamming.bsky.social•15 days ago

Approximatley the number eliminated per day, perhaps 100-200 on the plus side.

volberg.bsky.social•15 days ago

Not all are/were hitting quotas thou. And they had previous decifit

elnosnusk.bsky.social•15 days ago

And m hearing it’s because the recruits expect a ceasefire before they go to the line, so they’re trying to cash in on the bonuses. We’ll see how that goes for them.

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