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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KraftTea ("Mark Kraft") wrote:
If Putin doesn't somehow force Russia's oblasts to maintain paying huge sums to support "signing bonuses" for contract soldiers... recruitment, which is already failing Russia, will nosedive.
Most likely, this means that Putin must either have the central government pay for these huge contract bonuses, using deficit spending...
or he mobilize troops, which he is loathe to do...
or he must end the conflict.
