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'Events in Ukraine' reports that the cops and crooks even extort the dead:

https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/the-cemetery-mafia-economy-newsletter

'Here is the situation: Kyiv cops and the funeral mafia have been working together in a good partnership for many years. However, the situation has drastically changed after the full-scale war began and with the growing number of casualties — both civilians and military personnel.

The police and mafia realized that they can earn much more and faster from the deaths of military personnel, so they established total control and monopolized the burial sector. These criminals know that the relatives receive large sums of money for a fallen soldier, and therefore, they try to extort the maximum amount from them.

Our brothers are trying to correct this injustice and blatant violation of the law so that families don’t have to pay tens of thousands of hryvnias to the mafia for a burial, and things can be handled much better.

But now, the Kyiv police have become heavily involved, threatening veterans with physical violence and defending the mafia. They even call the military units where these guys served to discredit the veterans in the eyes of their commanders, accusing them of becoming drug addicts and alcoholics (there’s video evidence).

Can you imagine how much money the police and mafia are making on deaths and this monopoly right now? Relatives of fallen heroes shouldn't have to pay anything for these services — that’s how it should work in a decent society. Instead, we see the mother or wife of a fallen soldier having to give the mafia and police 100,000 hryvnias just to bury their loved one with honor.

How do they make money? They create artificial obstacles (problems), endless paperwork, monopolize coffins, and control the burial process, and much more. Profiting from people's grief is beyond immoral, but this situation suits the law enforcement....'

What's the equivalent situation in Russia? Surely the spooks and crooks are no more decent and humanitarian on that side of the combat line? Are they just too busy with more lucrative scams and jailing those who failed to observe the 'rule' of the new decalogue 'Thou shalt not kill - but need'st not strive officiously to keep alive'

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Confiteor's avatar

Does the average Russian know anything about these news stories? How could anyone want to serve in the Russian army knowing any of this, or the reasons for Progozhin's adventure last year?

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