- The death of mercenaries from the Wagner group means that their loved ones will receive multimillion-dollar compensation, in rubles
- Alena’s brother Arthur died from a bullet wound. The bullet hit the body and blood flowed out
- When the relative’s remains were transported to Russia, the family was unable to identify him. He had black hair when he went to war, now it’s completely gray
- The woman was not informed of the place or time of burial. So she could not attend the funeral to say goodbye to her brother
- More important information can be found on the Onet home page
Wagner group mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine, primarily in the Donetsk coal basin. When someone dies in a military establishment, their relatives receive multi-million dollar compensation. How do they find a tragedy? Families are in regular contact with representatives of the Wagner group via WhatsApp (an American chat app). Relatives Name and Surname and other necessary details about the relative, to quickly find out if he is alive.
The Wagner group does not cover only the funeral of the deceased – relatives receive 100,000 for this purpose. rubles (about PLN 5,000), in addition, they receive 5 million rubles in compensation (a little over PLN 250,000). However, to get the money, you need to be patient.
Queues for hours
Many people are waiting for funds, and in one of the offices of the Wagner Group (they are located, among others, in St. Petersburg or Moscow) you have to stand in line for up to eight hours. Families of the dead are also filmed receiving the envelopes. The representatives of the military company advise relatives not to put money in banks and that they should handle it “prudently”.
Later, relatives of Wagner Group mercenaries will receive medals and certificates signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before that, however, they would officially be hailed as soldiers of “military action”.
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They buried her brother without her knowledge. She was not at the funeral
The website ru.krymr.com describes how the whole process was on the example of the Russian Alena. His brother Arthur fought in the Ukraine. He is a mercenary from the Wagner group. One day, he wrote on WhatsApp to “Służba 200”, which organizes funerals within the company. She asked about the status of the mercenaries employed in the organization led by Prigozhin.
She was asked to take a photo of her passport to prove her identity. It only took her a few minutes to get the sad news. “Please accept my condolences, your brother died on 5th April [br.] from a bullet wound,” we read. Later, she learned that the body was ready to be transported to Russia.
She was soon told it was “ready for the taking”, so she went to see her brother one last time – but the evidence did not say where the body was handed over. “It was in bad shape,” the website explains. “He had a thin face and a long beard. He had black hair since childhood, but when they brought him, it was white,” says Alena, quoted by ru.krymr.com. She met him thanks to the scar on her eyebrow.
Alena added that her brother was buried near the village of Bakinskaya in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia. Unbeknownst to his sister, he was buried in a cemetery where hundreds of mercenaries from Wagner’s group rest. Alena did not get a chance to say goodbye to her brother during the funeral.
Sources: ru.krymr.com, Telegram, severreal.org