However, the 1,000 days of war represent an astronomical cost for Russia, from an economic, human and material point of view. According to the weekly Le Point, Russia has lost 700,000 soldiers since the start of the conflict, killed, wounded, missing or captured.
Around 200 in 2022, the number of daily losses for Russia is now estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000 men. This is twice as much as France’s average losses during the First World War. To these losses, we must add the traces left by a war on soldiers: post-traumatic stress, addictions, violence.
320 million dollars per day
To bring in ever more soldiers into the conflict, a veritable “economy of death” has developed in Russia. Significant bonuses are offered to soldiers who enlist, then new bonuses are promised to the families of missing soldiers, to the point that “a dead Russian brings in more to his family than a living Russian”, according to Le Monde.
The economic cost of the war is thus disproportionate. The country has reportedly spent more than $320 billion since February 24, 2022, an average of $320 million spent each day in the war. As a result, inflation has accelerated by more than 9% year-on-year, and job shortages are increasing. The BBC Russian Service reports that between August 15 and September 15, 2024, more than 90,000 job vacancies were published on the largest Russian job search portals
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