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Putin Declares Troop Deaths in Peacetime Are ‘State Secret’


Russian president Vladimir Putin has officially declared that information regarding the deaths of Russian armed forces in peacetime is a state secret. The new ruling will come into effective immediately, according to a presidential decree published by the Kremlin today.
Previously, only losses of personnel sustained during an official declaration of war were considered a state secret according to legislation dating back to 1995. Since then Russian troops have been openly involved in conflict in Chechnya and Georgia, however neither consisted a declaration of war and casualties were reported.
Although evidence has mounted that thousands of Russian soldiers are unofficially engaged in …read more

Source: Newsweek

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