Russia’s Irkutsk region has significantly increased the financial incentive for recruiting foreign nationals and stateless people into its military, offering up to 1.5 million rubles, or around Rs 16 lakh, for each recruit sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, as per a TOI report.
According to The Kyiv Independent, citing independent Russian outlet Vyorstka, the revised payment was introduced through a decree signed earlier this week by Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev. The incentive is reportedly the highest offered by any Russian region for recruiting foreign nationals into the military.
