Putin re-introducing soviet-style "political commissars" to enforce loyalty of russian soldiers.

[DetlefK]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/12/1787652/-250-000-Putin-Youth-members-now-report-to-Russian-Army-loyalty-director

You probably didn’t know that Putin Youth was a thing. But it is: it’s a satirical name for the Yunarmiya, the deadly serious All-Russia "Young Army" National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association. Founded two years ago, Yunarmiya already has more than 250,000 members and it is growing rapidly. Its young members are given military training in which they use Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons and conduct parachute jumps.

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Although under the radar of most Westerners, Yunarmiya did make the news a couple of weeks ago when Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov, a veteran leader of Russia’s brutal campaign in Syria, was tapped by Putin to lead a new political wing of the Russian Army. The new directorate’s goal will be to shape the “political and moral unity within the army”, much as political commissars did in the good old days of the Soviet Union. And Kartapolov will not only head the new directorate of quasi-commissars; he will also be responsible for the activities of the Yunarmiya youth group.

[Anon-C]

1. Don't turn around, uh - oh!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. Trump takes notice. Thinks it's a good idea.