Troops, Akunin, Moscow

So, this morning, I found this jewel during my Telegram search. Many elements point to how Moscow views its people as disposable assets as long as it stays in power.

So, with no further, here is the post via Yigal Levin:

British intelligence in yesterday’s report indicated that the occupiers often send prisoners from Storm-Z units into battle with unhealed wounds, or even amputated limbs. The British note that Wagnerian mercenaries and prisoners mobilized from ORDLO receive much worse medical care than other occupiers, while prisoners find themselves at the very end of the queue when it comes to hospitals.

Such evidence is very reminiscent of the treatment of people in totalitarian regimes. The governments of such regimes also consider their population as much as possible from the point of view of the maximum instrumentalization of the human body — as long as he can fight, he fights; as long as he can work, he works; those who disagree are forced to work until exhaustion in concentration camps. So far, the Russian regime has not reached the workplaces, although there are certain movements in this direction — students are already being forced to assemble drones. However, using the example of Storm-Z (as well as the example of sending a disproportionately large percentage of ethnic minorities to the RF Armed Forces), it is clear that such practices are already being implemented in the army. We can probably expect new similar initiatives from the Russian government in the future. Also, do not forget that a similar fate may well await Ukrainians if they fall under Russian occupation.

https://t.me/yigal_levin/60322

Now, this is not new. Penal battalions are older than those of the Soviet Union. They fought the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War, for example. A feature of these units is that they allow the state to eliminate undesirable elements while transforming them into heroes.

It’s almost a religious transfiguration from dregs that robbed, murdered, kidnapped, or raped, but only as long as they die. This is as Russian as it gets. So, to ensure this, there is a category of value to the state. This is how we end with soldiers sent back to the line when most other militaries keep them off the line, some permanently.

This also does wonders for morale across the force. You, too, can find yourself in a Z-storm unit for the smallest transgressions if you disobey an order. So you go from getting care and…