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Russia: Military Police to Stop Penalism in Armed Forces

Written byVilhelm Konnander
Posted 14 July 2011 5:35 GMT

Streetwise Professor reports of plans to found a Military Police corps to fight penalism and violence in the Russian Armed Forces, and argues that combining two of the most violent institutions in Russia is not a good idea to get rid of violence.

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