Russia’s police force is in crisis, with officers are quitting to become taxi-drivers and couriers.

  • maquise
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    1 year ago

    Hard to run a police state with no police?

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, that’s when they bring in the famously well-behaved and rational military to supplement the police force.

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        1 year ago

        With what spare troops, exactly? They’ve been sending any spare units they can find straight to the wood chipper that is the Ukraine war. The Russians don’t have any logistical flexibility to speak of at this point.