Russian women accused of tricking men into marriage in order to send them to war front for monetary gains

Some women in Russia have been accused of tricking gullible men into sham marriages before sending them to be killed on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Oddity Central reported on Friday. When Russian soldiers get killed in the war, their spouses or closest relatives receive lump sums of money starting at five million rubles (about $64,000) and sometimes exceeding eight million rubles (about $100,000). This is the government’s way of reassuring conscripts that if, or rather when, they lose their lives on the battlefield, their families are taken care of. It’s a straightforward system, and apparently easily exploited by ruthless profiteers. Ever since the Russia-Ukraine war began, Russian media have been reporting about so-called ‘black widows,’ women who approach and trick men into marriage just so they can then send them off to war and cash their compensation check as soon as they get killed.