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Putin faces army funding crunch as Russian MoD postpones December military pay (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
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Another indicator that the russians are struggling with the ongoing economics of the war. Deferring salaries by a month for non-Ukraine engaged personnel.

Not optimal. Russia isn't going to tell us when their ability to sustain this war is starting to crumble, but there will be signs.

For a state that relies on the security services brutalizing dissent to maintain control, missing soldiers' paycheques is bad juju.

It also suggests that there is a maximum size to how big an army Moscow can support, and that they're likely at that limit. "Bottomless, Infinite Russia". LAFF. Only in terms of their brutality and depravity.

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[–] [S] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not a winning one. Seems like a trivial, maybe even bureaucratic thing. But the basic social contract in a dictatorhsip is that the police crack the skulls of their fellow citizens, as long as the government keeps them supplied and fed. If they're having to make these types of choices, then they are really playing with fire.

Just something to watch. Especially for a war that is being fought by volunteers and mercenaries. They at least seemed to understand that not paying their grunts in Ukraine is a non-starter. For now.

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