Those wishing to join the Bryansk nominal battalion. Alexandra Peresvet is offered a salary of 60 thousand rubles for the period of stay in Russia and from 160 thousand rubles after being sent to Ukraine, The Insider found out.
“Our governor pays 210 thousand rubles. We divide three times, and it comes out 70 thousand each, ”a source in the military commissariat of Bryansk told The Insider. This is a payment provided by local authorities within three months from the date of entry into military service.
When asked by the applicant why the infantrymen in the Wagner PMC are paid more, the commissariat explained that contract soldiers have “completely different benefits” and there are no guarantees for payments in case of injury or death. “With us you will be a contract soldier, and these are completely different benefits, but with them [Wagner PMC] you just sign an employment contract. Get hurt by them - I don't even want to know how much they will pay you and whether they will pay you at all, and in case of death, God forbid. We are not a private office, but a state one. You will be a contract serviceman for all three years,” the Commissariat said.
Earlier, a sniper job ad appeared on a job search site in Bryansk and the region. Those who wish are promised a salary of 24 thousand rubles. The Insider number listed in the ad could not be reached. In the Bryansk Commissariat, The Insider's interlocutor was told: “If you are a sniper, then we will send you to a nominal battalion in the Bryansk region at the base of the reconnaissance battalion in Nizhny Novgorod, the dispatch will be on Saturday. You can go on your own, you can take the bus and you will go.” If a soldier is wounded, they promise to pay 3 million rubles, and in the event of his death, relatives receive 14 million rubles.
About the recruitment to the battalion. Alexander Peresvet The Bryansk city administration announced on August 18. The announcement stated that military personnel and members of their families would be provided with an expanded social package. In addition, members of the battalion will receive the status of "combat veterans".