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Currently Playing: How Inequality is Fueling the Russian War Machine

Russia's military recruitment currently runs on voluntary contracts set to market wages. Today's video explores how Russian inequality shapes this system and dictates how the Kremlin pursues the war. While we need to be careful to not claim that the war only occurs because of that inequality, the war as we know it would be happening if not for the inequality. 0:00 The Question 0:50 An Ambiguous Relationship 3:13 How Inequality Shapes War 7:25 Inequality and Quality of Recruits 8:41 Takeaway LINES The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), EU, and NATO visual information does not imply or constitute an endorsement. Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): By Kremlin.ru: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/49437 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/50329 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61732 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61802 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68016 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68366 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70159 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70859 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72453 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73200 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73240 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74339 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76073 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76450 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78802 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78870 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78998 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79630 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79708 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79802 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/80078