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minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoI don’t doubt the Russians would pay for kills, but $200,000 per soldier killed seems very high! I think the Russians could offer $20,000 and get a similar response considering the average monthly* salary in is $242 (US). - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_average_wage Apparently Iran was paying $1,000 in 2010. In 2010, Iran reportedly paid Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan (equivalent to $1,400 in 2023). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program#background
minus-squarefishabel@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah for 200k they would have a line out the door. It has to be a typo.
I don’t doubt the Russians would pay for kills, but $200,000 per soldier killed seems very high!
I think the Russians could offer $20,000 and get a similar response considering the average monthly* salary in is $242 (US). - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_average_wage
Apparently Iran was paying $1,000 in 2010.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program#background
Yeah for 200k they would have a line out the door. It has to be a typo.