Posted 11/26/2023, 12:09:00 PM
Russian Soldiers' Wives Protest Prolonged Frontline Deployments
- Russian soldiers face long deployments without rotation, making them and their wives unhappy
- The Kremlin is trying to prevent soldiers' wives from protesting by speeding up salary payments
- Officials told to "persuade, promise, pay" to stop protests from wives and mothers
- Wives have held rare public protests demanding husband rotation from frontlines
- Putin fears wives and mothers influencing public opinion and becoming anti-war movement