Hazing is not breaking the rules, it is the rule itself. |
If this is our strange way of ending or discrediting a program that is crucial to us, it is really silly. |
The Chinese want to use Russia in a complicated game with the U.S. and Taiwan. China is expanding its military presence in the region. For Russia, this is mostly about selling weapons. |
The government views the media as a tool to deliver information about its decisions, like it was in the Soviet times. It only gives the information it wants to give. |
The whole concept of the Russian military is based on a World War II plan of mass mobilization of troops. |
There is no supervision at all, and the army just stews in its own juice. |