Foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine paid up to $2,730

Foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine paid up to $2,730 — Russia’s chief investigator

Russian Politics & Diplomacy February 20, 2023, 5:38

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin recalled that such incentives are prohibited by international standards

MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Foreign mercenaries, hired to fight for the Ukrainian side, are paid between 30,000 and 100,000 hryvnas ($820-2,734), Russia’s Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin told TASS on Monday.

"The investigation has obtained information that the Kiev regime, with the support of the collective West, encourages the participation of mercenaries in combat actions on the side of Ukraine, which is prohibited by international norms," he said in an interview with TASS.

"We have established their order of recruitment, training and participation in combat actions at the sum of bonus payments ranging between 30,000 and 100,000 hryvnias [between $820 and 2,734]," he said.