For Russia's military recruiters, money talks.
In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled the federal signing-on bonus for contract soldiers to 400,000 rubles ($3,850) — over five times the country's average monthly wage.
Regional governments are expected to top this up further, although the exact amount differs in each
I have a hard time believing that annual inflation is limited to ~22% when food prices have jumped that much in 2 months. This screams statistics fudging to conceal reality to me.