Moscow offers high pay for army recruits

A recruitment center for contract service in the Russian Army, supported by a special fund from the city of Moscow, is advertising high financial incentives to attract new personnel. The Unified Selection Point in Moscow offers total payments up to 7 million rubles for a year of service, including a first-month payment of over 2.5 million rubles and monthly salaries between 260,000 and 300,000 rubles. The advertisement also promises write-offs of loans and taxes up to 10 million rubles, monthly payments for children, and job retention during service. The center is recruiting citizens of Russia and the CIS aged 18 to 64 for roles including drivers, medics in the Lugansk People's Republic, UAV operators, and signalmen.