In Russia’s military, men learn quickly to fear their commanders more than their foe. This is the treatment awaiting those who refuse to hand over their pay.

Hundreds of videos circulating on Russian social media reveal horrific punishments by superiors extorting money from their men. Soldiers report being locked in cages, electrocuted and sexually assaulted. Those wounded, but lucky enough to survive, must pay thousands more to be declared unfit for service, or they’re force to literally limp into battle.

Source: PBS https://share.google/2ghGIjCoQM6qNZD1a