Putin’s Russia: a Land that Has ‘Run Out of Workers’
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Putin’s Russia: a land that has ‘run out of workers’
Growth may be slowing, but Russia’s economy is essentially sound. That’s the message Vladimir Putin is keen to purvey; and by way of proof he cites Russia’s incredibly low unemployment rate: just 2.1%. He’s got it back to front, said Alexander Kolyandr in The Spectator. Far from being a comfort, this figure should cause Putin huge alarm. It underscores the fact that his nation is undergoing its worst labour crisis in decades: it “has run out of …
Russia is facing increasing difficulties in finding soldiers for the war in Ukraine, on the basis of heavy losses on the front and slowing down voluntary recruitment. The Kremlin is trying to avoid a new mass mobilization, such as in 2022, by placing substantial premiums and increasing pressure on regions to provide new recruits.
Russia is currently betting on the hiring of contractors, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract those willing to fight even with high payments.
Some men are being detained right off the street, others are being taken straight from work. Russia is experiencing an increasingly acute shortage of soldiers amid monthly losses of over 30,000. The Kremlin is trying to avoid a new wave of mobilization by pressuring men to sign contracts, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing The Guardian. Why the Kremlin fears a second mobilization: Putin last announced mobilization in September 2022, when a series of de…
The bet's on the contractors.
In Russia the fear of a new mobilization is handled. Concerns are nourished by reports about men who are sent away from the road to war.
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