Moscow has been accused in the past of trying to avoid compensating family members of deceased or injured soldiers.
Moscow is purportedly neglecting to alert family members after a soldier dies in the war with Ukraine to avoid compensating the servicemen's loved ones, according to a phone call intercepted by Ukraine's Military Intelligence .In a telephone conversation posted to Telegram by HUR on Friday, a Russian soldier can be heard saying that the Kremlin has been listing deceased fighters as 'missing' rather than dead to avoid paying compensation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in January 2023, promising to pay beneficiaries of deceased servicemen 5 million rubles, or $53,800. Troops who are injured on the battlefield qualify for a payment of 3 million rubles .In June 2023, the mother of Russian soldier Mikhail Cherkasov told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that she had been told by Cherkasov's comrades that her son had been killed at war earlier that month.
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