“You promised me bags full of gold – now you are full of Schrapnelle” | EUROtoday

In a video that was printed on Instagram on Thursday, a person from Jakutia describes how he as a soldier for Russia moved to the struggle in opposition to Ukraine – with nice guarantees that proved to be phantasm. Instead of safety and prosperity, the struggle introduced him accidents, money owed and despair.

“I’m completely broke”

“I was told that my bags were filled with gold. Instead, they are now full of shrapnelles,” he tells his comrades within the video. He initially joined the militia to become profitable for his household. Today he’s heart. “I am completely broke. I also have debt at Sberbank – about 700,000 rubles. Every day they ask me where the money stays.”

Family inquires about paying for his demise

The man continues to say that he had already divided a promised fee within the occasion of his demise: to spouse, baby, brother and sister. When he was lacking on the entrance for twenty-four days, his kinfolk would have inquired 3 times a day after a fee. “If you go to hell there, you don’t care,” he says. In his homeland of Jakutia, one of many poorest areas in Russia, Moscow has been attracting males with monetary incentives for years.