1/ The war in Ukraine is coming home to Russia in the form of a large upsurge in violent crime involving military weapons, and the smuggling of weapons and explosives into Russia by serving soldiers.
Russian government statistics, reported by the independent Russian media outlet Verstka, show that the number of crimes involving explosives are have doubled in a year while those involving firearms have increased by more than a third. ⬇️
4/ The increase was only higher in 2015, when the prosecutor's office reported 6,300 such offences.
Explosives and explosive devices appear in 289 reported offences. This is an increase of 108% compared to 2021. The increase could be due to numerous arson attacks on military recruitment and administrative buildings with the help of Molotov cocktails and the undermining of railway tracks.
6/ Weapons were used more often than usual, possibly due to an increase in extortion and murder. Last year, there was a 25.3% increase in extortion and a 2.9% increase in murders and attempted murders."
Verstka notes that many such crimes were carried out by soldiers using their service weapons. The smuggling of military weapons has been widespread.
9/ One soldier was found to be carrying four fragmentation grenades, five bullets and a smoke bomb in his backpack, which he claimed to have with him for reasons of "personal safety". Another soldier told police he took an F-1 grenade home to use for fishing.
Other soldiers have smuggled guns, assault rifles and ammunition magazines, which usually came to light when someone informed on them or when they went on drunken rampages involving firearms or explosives.
11/ As the war drags on, more such incidents are virtually inevitable, especially when large numbers of soldiers affected by PTSD find themselves returning to Russia. /end
Sources:
🔹 https://t.me/svobodnieslova/1286
🔹 https://t.me/svobodnieslova/1295
В России вдвое чаще стали совершать преступления со взрывчаткой и на треть больше — с оружием. Стало известно о большем числе преступлений с оружием, совершенных военнослужащими Статистику зарегистрированных преступлений приводит Генеральная прокуратура РФ. За 11 месяцев 2022 года на территории России оружие, боеприпасы, взрывчатые, взрывные вещества и имитирующие их устройства использовались незаконно 5546 раз. Это значительный рост за последние семь лет. Больше было только в 2015 году, когда прокуратура отчиталась о 6300 подобных преступлениях. Взрывчатые вещества и взрывные устройства фигурируют в 289 зарегистрированных преступлениях. Это на 108% больше, чем в 2021 году. Такой рост, возможно, объясняется многочисленными поджогами военкоматов и административных зданий с помощью коктейлей Молотова и подрывами железнодорожных путей. По статистике Генпрокуратуры, в прошлом году на транспорте произошло 4 преступления с использованием взрывчатки, тогда как в 2021 году таких случаев не было вообще. Количество…
Russian people were told Ukrainians are Russians/ brothers. And yet the soldiers are encouraged to commit atrocities in #Ukraine.
Would anyone be surprised when they return home and see no problem continuing with the same kind of violence there? When they rape women in #Russia? When they steal washer machines in Russia? When they kill people in Russia?
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