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Russia Offers Record Signing-On Bounty to Volunteer for Army Service

Authorities in a Russian region bordering Ukraine have announced the largest recruitment bounty in the entire country to anyone willing to sign a multi-year contract for military service, as part of a Kremlin campaign to refill ranks and retain manpower. Vyacheslav Gladkov governor of Russia’s western Belgorod region said during a televised Oct. 7 staff…