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Military prosecutor blames growing hazing in army on street habits
MOSCOW, February 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Extortion and misappropriation of mobile phones are increasingly the cause of violence in the barracks, Russia's chief military prosecutor, Sergei Fridinsky, said at a board meeting of the central military prosecutor's office this week.
He expressed concern about the increase of violent crimes in the army, including those causing the death and serious injuries to personnel. According to the prosecutor's office the root cause is related first and foremost not to the reduction of military service to one year, but to the doubling of conscription and serious omissions by individual commanders.
Fridinsky noted changes in the motives and nature of such offenses. "Bad habits and the unwritten code of conduct brought from the streets are brought to military units with each new group of conscripts. Ever more often fellow soldiers extort money and take away mobile phones, which is often accompanied by physical violence," he said.
He expressed concern about the increase of violent crimes in the army, including those causing the death and serious injuries to personnel. According to the prosecutor's office the root cause is related first and foremost not to the reduction of military service to one year, but to the doubling of conscription and serious omissions by individual commanders.
Fridinsky noted changes in the motives and nature of such offenses. "Bad habits and the unwritten code of conduct brought from the streets are brought to military units with each new group of conscripts. Ever more often fellow soldiers extort money and take away mobile phones, which is often accompanied by physical violence," he said.
