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TexasTowelie

(112,656 posts) Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:08 AM Oct 2023

Russian Soldiers Returning Home: A Rising Wave of Violence - The Gaze

As Russian military personnel return home from the frontlines, a disturbing trend is emerging in Russia. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Buryatia has witnessed a shocking 24% increase in murders and attempted murders. Human rights activists are also alarmed by a significant rise in calls to hotlines related to domestic violence. Join us as we delve deeper into this concerning issue in our latest report.

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Russian Soldiers Returning Home: A Rising Wave of Violence - The Gaze (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2023 OP

This sounds like a natural result of combining war PTSD and a dysfunctional society Uncle Joe Oct 2023 #1

Some of these soldiers were criminals released to Wagner. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #2

Uncle Joe

(58,524 posts)

1. This sounds like a natural result of combining war PTSD and a dysfunctional society

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Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:30 AM

Oct 2023

Sometimes you can take the combatant out of the war but you can't take the war out of them.

I believe that's magnified if it's a war loaded with guilt.

Thanks for the thread TexasTowelie

Irish_Dem

(47,825 posts)

2. Some of these soldiers were criminals released to Wagner.

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Sun Oct 8, 2023, 09:46 AM

Oct 2023

They committed crimes before the war, during the war, and now after the war.

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