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“MOSCOW, 21 Jul – RIA Novosti. The level of dedovshchina [violent hazing usually perpetrated by senior soldiers] in the Russian Army grew 1.5 times for the first five months of this year compared with the same period in 2009, according to analytical information provided to the RF Federation Council by the Main Military Prosecutor (GVP). 1,167 servicemen have suffered from nonregulation manifestations in 2010, four have died, and more than 90% of offenses were committed by conscript servicemen.”
“As the GVP notes, the number of corruption-related crimes is also growing. Material losses from them amount to almost a billion rubles this year.”
“At the same time, the GVP notes that the general crime level in the state’s military organization has declined by more than 12% over five months this year compared with the same period of 2009, and by almost 15% in the armed forces.”
“In particular, the amount of evasion of military service declined by almost two-fold.”
Russian Defense Policy 