Aug 25, 2022
RawNews1st – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The figure, which includes a 137,000 increase in the number of military personnel to 1.15 million, comes into effect on Jan 1.
More News: Parents in occupied regions of Ukraine are being offered $167 to send their children to Russian-controlled schools, in President Vladimir Putin’s latest effort to “Russianize” the curriculum.
- The Kremlin offered $167 to parents in occupied Ukraine to send kids to Russian-controlled schools.
- It’s the latest attempt to get Ukrainians to accept a Russian-controlled education system.
- There have been multiple reports of threats to non-compliant teachers and parents.
The Kremlin announced on Wednesday the one-off payment of 10,000 rubles to parents of children in Donetsk and Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Kherson, as long as they attend by September 15.
The amount equates to roughly just less than half a month’s average salary, as of a 2021 estimate by statistics website Statista. However, the wartime economy and global inflation has caused the cost of living to soar, The New York Times reported in July.
The ruble was adopted as an official currency in several occupied areas of Ukraine, including southern Kherson, in June, according to The Times of Israel.
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