Russian authorities are launching an investigation into the alleged abuse of soldiers from the North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia. The investigation stems from a video circulating online that shows a commander kicking a kneeling Russian soldier.
circulating online that shows a commander kicking a kneeling Russian soldier, while two male voices berate him. The soldier can be seen wiping blood from his face.
North Ossetian officials had requested that military prosecutors investigate the behavior, according to aNorth Ossetia Governor Sergei Menyaylo condemned the incident Monday. The battalion commander in question “treats his subordinates in a completely unacceptable way,” Menyaylo said in a “Even in conditions of combat operations requiring strict discipline and allowing for less-than-delicate relations between commanders and fighters, tormenting people is impermissible,” he added. “It’s not at all how it is necessary to maintain the morale of the soldiers!”The militia of the Donetsk People's Republic beat mobilized Russian troops in February, prompting the Russian Ministry of Defense to pull them out of Donetsk.
Complaints have emerged in recent weeks that Russian ethnic minorities are disproportionately represented in
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