“Heroes of the war” are a threat not only to family and neighbors. Men returning from the front and corrupted by big money can become dangerous for the regime. - Abbas Gallyamov for MO

Soldiers returning to a country where the economy is rapidly deteriorating, may begin to spill out their discontent and aggression also on the ungrateful regime.

So far, the topic of the return of the soldiers from the front is discussed exclusively in relation to the problems that they bring to the average person. The rapes and murders committed by demobilized Wagner mercenaries are so shocking that other aspects of the issue are lost behind them.

But currently the regime is corrupting men with a lot of money that it pays them for fighting in the war, and what will they get after returning to civilian life? Work for a salary 10-20 times less than they are used to? And this against the backdrop of their conceited self-importance and inflated ambitions? At the moment this people are getting used to the idea that they are the "new elite", literally "holding the nation together".

They genuinely believe that they are worthy of the money they receive and will not like the decline in living standards. No supply can meet this demand. After all, the economy is degrading.

In general, the "heroes" who have returned from the front will have lots of reasons for dissatisfaction. The old money will run out, and there will be no new one. They will not show any respect for law enforcement officers. All these riot police, all these investigators are "rear rats" for them, who "haven't smell gunpowder".

The main thing: people do not like to return to poverty. Eric Hoffer called the "new poor" the most important component of the revolutionary class: "This class has retained a vivid memory of its former wealth and power, and it is unlikely that it will voluntarily reconcile itself to the deterioration of the living conditions of the <... >The memory of better times burns their hearts."

And hard days will come, sooner or later. In such a situation, front-line soldiers disappointed by the ingratitude of the system can have their say. If they join the protest, whatever form it has taken by then, they will radically intensify it.

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