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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation revealed the minimum wages of the participants of the SVO

May 6, 2023

Russian Ministry of Defense in Telegram channel told what amount of monetary allowance the participants of the Special Military Operation receive.

The minimum monthly wage for contractors involved in the SVO is 204,000 rubles. At the same time, when concluding a contract for a year or more, the department pays a lump sum of 195 thousand rubles.

As for specialties, the gradation of salaries is as follows:

from 211 thousand rubles receive machine gunners, cooks, drivers, grenade launchers; from 216,000 rubles – senior electrician drivers, senior engineers% from 219 thousand rubles. – senior telephonists; from 226,000 rubles – chiefs of the KShM radio station, staff instructors.

In addition, potential squad commanders can count on an amount of 232,000 rubles per month, and platoon locksmiths – squad commanders – on a monthly salary of 242,000 rubles.

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