Bribes on radios, drones, jets: corruption disarms the Russians

“While they are on duty, their main goal is to get rich.” So the young artillery captain Lev Tolstoy he described with disgust his superiors engaged in the Crimean conflict of 1854. In war and in peace, bribery in the Russian army remains a golden rule. The results are seen on the field, with an army often red with shame at the condition of the equipment with which it must fight.