Note to self: Do not join Russian army

[Dis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6356707.stm

I'm not saying the life of a male prostitute isn't great, actually I am saying that.

[Barnabas]

Male prostitutes ... who have sex with men right?

[Zkribbler]

From the BBC:

Russian soldiers 'used for sex'


Russia's military has been tarnished by a series of scandals
The Russian military is reported to be investigating claims that army conscripts were forced to work as male prostitutes in St Petersburg.
The command of the interior ministry unit denied the claims made by the Soldiers' Mothers human rights group.

The group says it was contacted by a parent of a conscript who had been forced to work as a male prostitute.

Last year, an 18-year-old soldier was so badly beaten that he had to have his legs and genitals amputated.

The BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow says the latest claims follow a series of scandals which have damaged the Russian army's reputation.

A spokeswoman for the Soldiers' Mothers, Ella Polyakova, told the BBC that in St Petersburg there was "a network of clients" who would pay for sex with soldiers.

Older servicemen are said to have forced younger conscripts into prostitution and then taken the money for themselves.

Brutality

The Sychev bullying case drew worldwide attention to Russian army abuses.

Private Andrei Sychev was forced to squat for several hours by fellow soldiers and then tied to a chair and brutally beaten up last year.

As a result he developed gangrene in his legs and genitals, which had to be amputated.

Now permanently disabled, Pte Sychev has just announced that he is to write a book about his ordeal.

Such cases have highlighted the appalling conditions suffered by some Russian service personnel at a time when Russia is seeking a greater role on the world stage, our correspondent says.

[Dis]

yeah genitals amputated doesn't sound pleasant.

which begs the poll question (why didn't I make it?). Would you rather have your legs or your genitals amputated?

[Dinner]

Russia sucks.

[Skanky Burns]

Russian male prostitutes also suck, apparently.

[Dis]

I would hope so!!

[BeBMan]

Let's hope Serb is ok!

[Pekka]

This is pretty old. I mean, the it's not easy for a conscript in there sometimes. It depends very much on the older conscripts who train the younger ones. As we know, hazing is always involved in armies, and sometimes it seems quite mad. But sometimes, in Russia, this stuff gets physical too. Some conscripts in charge of training might beat up the younger ones. They might have been beaten in their time, so now it's payback time, or just to continue the tradition.

I'm not saying they all get beat up. But some do, if the people in charge of you are a bit sadist, **** like this will happen. One thing that I will never understand is the random beating as means to 'make people tough'. I just don't see how that would work.

[Jon Miller]

It's just like random rape giving a lose *******.

JM

[Asher]

There's seriously a lot of gay Russian military porn.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Dis
which begs the poll question (why didn't I make it?). Would you rather have your legs or your genitals amputated?

That's what I thought, too.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Dis
yeah genitals amputated doesn't sound pleasant.

which begs the poll question (why didn't I make it?). Would you rather have your legs or your genitals amputated?

Legs, without a second thought.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Pekka I'm not saying they all get beat up. But some do

IT seems that ALL do. The ritual is for the new conscripts to be molested for half of their service period. After they cross the magical date of their half-term, they get to beat and torture the new batch of conscripts. It's sick, and it makes me wonder what kind of army of slaves and idiots is Russia building.

See here for more:

http://englishrussia.com/?p=657

Videos are expecially informative:

[LordShiva]

Serb