{"id":121095,"date":"2023-10-25T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=121095"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:50:30","slug":"russian-military-defector-exposes-sick-torture-pits-at-putins-army-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/russian-military-defector-exposes-sick-torture-pits-at-putins-army-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian military defector exposes sick torture pits at Putins army bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Russian military has been torturing its own soldiers at bases as they prepared to fight in Ukraine, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n

Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Security Council deputy chairman and former Russian President, visited two training grounds in Prudboy, Volgograd Oblast and Totsky, Orenburg Oblast earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was also present for the visit at Prudboy, one of Russia’s best training grounds.<\/p>\n

Soldiers at these bases told Russian outlet Vazhnyye Istorii and Conflict Intelligence Team that there are torture pits at the grounds.<\/p>\n

Satellite imagery was also used to corroborate their claims.<\/p>\n

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One soldier, named Sergei, claimed that personnel there had their phones taken away from them. Anyone who protested this was thrown into a torture pit, he added.<\/p>\n

He described being threatened with physical violence and told he would be thrown into the pit when he tried to file reports about what was happening.<\/p>\n

The reports also say that Russian soldiers were caught drinking and subjected to the same treatment.<\/p>\n

These men were later taken to the pits and beaten – and were kept there for several days, he added.<\/p>\n

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Sergei says that one of his colleagues died in the pit, however, this claim could not be confirmed independently<\/p>\n

In September 1998, Alexei Rybakov, 19, died at the same training ground. His body was delivered to his mother in a zinc coffin without her being informed of his death.<\/p>\n

Another Russian military defector has claimed he also saw men being beaten while he was training at Totsky training ground this summer.<\/p>\n

This soldier, named Viktor, added that he didn’t see the “pits” with his own eyes, but he heard similar stories of comrades being threatened with violence for violating the rules.<\/p>\n

These claims come as Russia continues to wage its violent war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n