A man walks past the Kremlin wall as the Russian national flag flutters above the residence of the Russian president in Moscow on June 24, 2023. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images
- Russian soldiers and their wives are becoming increasingly unhappy with long deployments without rotation.
- The Kremlin is trying to prevent wives from protesting by speeding up salary payments.
- Wives and mothers of mobilized soldiers have proved influential in shaping public opinion in past conflicts.
The Kremlin is concerned that the disgruntled wives of conscripted soldiers unhappy with long deployments could become a significant political headache, reports say.
To prevent the women’s discontent from bubbling over, regional officials have been instructed to give soldiers’ salary payments to their wives as quickly as possible, two told Russian opposition outlet Verstka.
The Kremlin believes…
