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MrJukoVette
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I decided to post these news here for it to gain more attention.
A russian soldier has lost both of his legs and penis as a result of systematic beating and sexual harassment by his senior "comrades". The story was being kept silent for a month, until nurses and doctors in the hospital, where he was being treated, refused to follow orders from high-level military officials and shared the story with journalists. His family has received numerous threats and offers in money and goods in exchange for them not talking about it and avoiding lawsuits against the military and/or certain individuals.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060128...ia_soldier_dc_1
http://abcnews.go.com/International...TC-RSSFeeds0312
http://www.billingsgazette.com/inde...d/87-hazing.inc
Back to USSR, thats for sure. But what should we, westerners, expect?
PS. It should be noted that this is not new stuff - abuse has been taking place in russian armed forces for decades. On average, 50 people die in russian army due to non-incidental "friendly fire" a month.
PPS. French students at the Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie were shown a movie about Andrey Sychev, the soldier who was abused and lost his legs. At the end of the presentation, frenchmen turned towards the only russian present - a female student - and asked her if that is true. She, in an interview with Russia's "Independent Newspaper", has said that never in her life she was so ashamed of being russian. Frenchmen decided it's a made-up story.
If there are any french men reading this, you should know that this is REAL and there are THOUSANDS of young boys killed every yeat in russian army after suffering not-combat-at-all injuries.
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01-30-2006 11:37 PM
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MrJukoVette
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lodgebo said this in post #5 :
Is it not difficult to measure morale in the Russian army unless you are actually in the Russian army? |
Not exactly, there have been polls, conducted among young russians, which showed that 13% (!!!) are willing to fight for their country; there is this incident, another 30 or so non-combat deaths a month by official stats, and the non-official figure, which is more trustworthy, is around 50. I have also read that they spend $2 a day to feed a soldier, which is just a bit more than $1.75 they spend on inmates across Russia's many prisons and colonies. Hey, you wanna hear an interesting piece of information? Every fourth man in Russia was convicted and did jail time. Yes! 25% of the male population has seen the other side. Back to the topic of morale. What kind of morale do you expect from soldiers who are forcefully taken out of their homes, treated like prisoners when it comes to food and clothing, beaten up by superiors and then had their legs amputated? Remember, this is just the tip of the iceberg, many other cases are not known to readers of English-language news sources.
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What's this world coming to? How can people justify this as a GOOD and MORAL way to live, and treat another human being? It's really sad... and cruel.
