Typical Russians don't act in self-benefit, they act in dragging everyone else down. Trust me, I am very familiar with this routine having grown up in it.
Empty bragging, I assume.
Nope, a very real case when that came to deal with protests in Far East when Putin decided it was time to change the local duke for someone from his security.
My soldiers are SO obedient, they'd shoot their own mother if I gave them the order.
No, he was talking about himself above all, and outright warning (threatening if you wish) his wife not to appear on said protests because that would be the consequence. He could get an order to shoot and he would shoot, even if above the head.
And this would not explain the poor morale that is frequently asserted about Russians right now.
Does it need to? If anything, there's a myriad reasons for poor morale for Russian troops self-evident to anyone who bothered to follow this war.
Typical Russians don't act in self-benefit, they act in dragging everyone else down. Trust me, I am very familiar with this routine having grown up in it.
Nope, a very real case when that came to deal with protests in Far East when Putin decided it was time to change the local duke for someone from his security.
No, he was talking about himself above all, and outright warning (threatening if you wish) his wife not to appear on said protests because that would be the consequence. He could get an order to shoot and he would shoot, even if above the head.
Does it need to? If anything, there's a myriad reasons for poor morale for Russian troops self-evident to anyone who bothered to follow this war.