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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (185829)	3/30/2022 9:10:14 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 218910

Military analysts have blamed the culture of dedovshchina or “hazing” for exacerbating the situation. Many new conscripts are humiliated, tortured and raped as part of a brutal culture of initiation that dates back to 17th century. The Russian authorities introduced reforms in 2008 in an effort to change the culture, cutting compulsory service from two years to one and improving the military’s management structure and education system. After the changes Russia claimed the most extreme hazing had been institutionally phased out by 2012. However, in recent years shocking cases of conscripts nearing the end of their year-long service bullying new recruits have emerged. In November 2019, a 20-year-old conscript shot and killed two officers and six fellow soldiers in a Russian army base. He said he acted in retaliation to bullying and a rape threat. A year earlier another private shot himself after his superiors carved the Russian word for “cock” into his forehead with a razor blade as punishment for smoking an “illicit cigarette” in barracks lavatories. “Mom, don’t believe what anyone tells you. They’re bullying me here, exhausting me psychologically and extorting money . . . I don’t see how I can go on. I’m already very tired. I’m sorry it all turned out like this,” said his last text message to his mother. thetimes.co.uk