Vladimir Putin is viewing the prospect of an army returning en masse as a potential risk that he wants to carefully manage to avoid destabilising society and the political system he has built, three sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters. According to the agency, many of those returning to civilian life will never earn anything like the generous salaries they now receive, which will create discontent, the same source said. An army recruit from Moscow, for example, can now make at least 5.2