Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Moscow police are to be paid a 50,000 ruble ($558) bounty for each person they 'persuade' to sign up for military service, including immigrants and homeless people. The initiative will create more incentives for corruption for Russia's already notoriously corrupt police. ⬇️

2/ Interior Ministry sources have told the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel that police services in Russia will be incentivised to persuade people to join the armed forces, with bounties of 50,000 rubles in Moscow and 10,000 rubles ($109) in the regions.

3/ According to VChK-OGPU, "the Interior Ministry employees we interviewed were very skeptical about the innovation so far - there are no known cases of anyone receiving such a bonus."

4/ "However, all without exception noted that the amount would be a good incentive for ordinary police officers when 'working' with the population.

According to the interlocutors, men of any status, nationality and citizenship will be counted towards the 'agitation'.

5/ "A bonus is promised even for contracts with homeless people and stateless persons.

Control is entrusted to the heads of departments over the number of those who, under the persuasion of the Interior Ministry employees, agreed to sign a contract with the Defence Ministry.

6/ "For several months now, department heads have been required to report to the top on the sending of persons under supervision, control, detainees and other persons to the Special Military Operation."

7/ For nearly two years now, immigrants in Russia have been facing pressure to join the Russian army. Illegal workers have been detained – often in sweeps of construction sites and checkpoints in metro stations – and told to join the army or be deported.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1584469420650266625

8/ The police have played a major role in rounding up migrants, but they have problems of their own with the loss of staff to mobilisation, low salaries and poor morale leading to shortages of police officers across Russia.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1708449949145341972

9/ It's very likely that this initiative is driven by Russia's increasing difficulties in finding new recruits to replace its huge losses in Ukraine. The introduction of bounties may also help to improve the lot of the police by boosting their salaries.

10/ However, it also increases the risk that the police – who are already renowned for their corruption – will behave even more corruptly towards the population. It provides a strong incentive to arrest people on false charges simply to intimidate them into joining the army. /end

Source:
t.me/vchkogpu/50470