Russia has increased the number of servicemen in its army by 500,000 in 2022.

Of this number, about 100,000 were recruited into private military companies. 

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This is reported by Bloomberg.

The publication notes that Rosstat officially confirms the conscripting of up

However, this number does not include about 100,000 people who were recruited for service in private structures, such as the

, which are not formally part of the regular army.

In October 2022, the Russian authorities reported that 300,000 people were drafted into the army only within the framework of the so-called partial mobilization.

In the Bloomberg article, it is noted that 

due to widespread mobilization .

Rosstat recorded a record low level of unemployment in the country: in January 2023 – 3.6%.

At the same time, the real salary during October-December 2022 grew due to the lack of applicants.

The February statistics of the HeadHunter service show that the number of vacancies exceeded the number of new resumes for the first time in 12 months - that is, since the beginning of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. 

The publication's experts estimate that, taking into account war losses and large-scale migration from Russia, 

by 2033.

It will be recalled that according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on March 29, Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine amount to 172,340 soldiers.

610 occupiers were liquidated in just one day.

At the same time, the OSINT project KIU (Killed in Ukraine) estimated that at least 2,000 Russian officers died in the war against Ukraine.

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