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New footage shows a Russian soldier bound in cling film and beaten by his commander while others laugh — just the latest in a disturbing pattern of military abuse. Soldiers are routinely punished brutally for minor infractions, including being forced to eat dirt. With nearly half a million Russian troops killed since the war began, the human toll is staggering. Experts link this brutality to deeper societal rot in Russia, where violence and corruption thrive — and the army mirrors that decay. Reforms have failed, while poor and minority communities are forcibly recruited, often tortured, while wealthier citizens dodge conscription entirely.

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