What Putin's War Looks Like in the Eyes of the Russian Military: Abuses, Corruption and Bribes to Avoid "the Car to Grind flesh."
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A 250-page study, based on nearly 7,000 messages exchanged in 2025 between the Russian military and their families, reveals the reality of those sent to "the carnage car" of "the special military operation triggered by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. The documents describe soldiers treated as dispensable resources, abuses, corruption and bribes paid to avoid attacks, obtain permits or access to medical care.
A 250-page study, based on an analysis of nearly 7,000 communications between the Russian military and their relatives in 2025, illustrated the reality of life in the battle zone for those thrown into "the meat mingling machine" represented by Putin's "special military operation".
How much does it cost not to be sent in an almost suicide attack, to receive a permit or to reach a doctor? In the Russian army, such things would have a price, paid in the form of bribes. Nearly 7,000 messages exchanged between the military and their families describe a system dominated by abuses, corruption and fraud of compensation, in [...] Article Soldiers sent to death and families left without compensation. The reality of the Russian army…
A research project entitled The Ethnographic Dictionary of War, published in June by anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova and psychologist Yuri Lapshin in collaboration with ECHO, the Russian Anti-War Committee, analyses nearly 7,000 letters, messages and communications between Russian soldiers and their families.
Thousands of messages exchanged between the Russian military and their families describe an army crushed by abuse, corruption and humiliation. Some soldiers would pay bribes to avoid attacks, for permits or even to receive medical care.
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