>>> Sometimes Russian soldiers aren't paid at all, as I read in news
>>> accounts of the war in former Yugoslavia.
>>> -joan
>> I think they are normally expected to get their money through whatever
>> means they can think up.
> Except that peacekeepers in Kosovo were paid well, as far as I know, as
> are contract soldiers (not conscripts) in Chechnya.
Ah! Thanks for reminding me. There was a question as to whether Russian soldiers would be allowed to occupy part of Kosovo, as I remember. There troops were amassed nearby and hadn't been paid in quite awhile, and were living off the land. They were not yet under contract, but were anxious to become so, for obvious reasons.
-joan
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