In his state of the nation speech, President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of the national project “Time of Heroes” for veterans and current participants of the special operation by Russian troops in Ukraine.
Servicemen with university degrees, managerial experience, and no criminal records can apply to the personnel program. The head of state called such people the country’s “true elite” and argued that they should “lead regions, enterprises, and the largest public projects.”
The program will kick off on March 1. Veterans will be trained per the standards of the School of Governors and the Leaders of Russia competition, and ministers and heads of enterprises will act as their mentors.
Currently, all participants of the special military operation also enjoy priority hiring, and their employers also receive benefits.
Source: Andrei Gorelikov, “SMO veterans will participate in the ‘Time of Heroes’ personnel programme: According to the President, they should take up ‘elite’ positions,” Just Work (Rabota.ru), 29 February 2024. Translated by the Russian Reader
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Ukrainian journalist and former editor abducted from Russian-occupied Henichesk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 8th)
Russia sentences Ukrainian marine to 20 years for defending Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 8th)
‘It wasn’t like this before Russia came’ The state of healthcare in Ukraine’s occupied territories after two years of war (Meduza, March 7th)
‘When I was evacuated, I only had a pair of trousers, shoes, a jacket and my documents’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
Another wave of searches and detentions of Crimean Tatars (Crimea SOS and others, 6 March)
Crimean Solidarity journalist and activists arrested, their families terrorized, in new Russian offensive against Crimean Tatars (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
Ominous denials a month after Crimean Tatar father abducted by Russian FSB (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
Russia’s abuses against civilians in the occupied territories of Ukraine: event during the UN Human Rights Council (Zmina, March 6th)
Absence of law and international control (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
UN records 104 cases of pro-Ukrainian Crimeans abducted in past 10 years (Ukrainska Pravda, March 5th)
Reshat Ametov and 10 years of Russia’s systematic torture, abductions and killings of civilians for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 4th)
Russia passes huge conveyor belt sentences against Ukrainians tortured for propaganda videos (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 4th)
All’s fair in art and war: Russia’s plunder of Ukrainian museums (The Insider, February 29th)
