>>4270562people I know are not afraid
Im living in the european part of the country and my neighbours think of them the same way your average westerner thinks of them, it might be different in Siberia and especially in the Far East
>>4270565>somewhat, yes
>when USSR collapsed and the first chechen war happened armys public image dropped to the levels never seen before
I mean Afghanistan was already Vietnam-level bad, but people still joined the army, but this shit was too much, conscripts did everything they could to run away, to not serve
the situation started to change after 2008 and is somewhat good now
>Yeah, but Im too ill/weak physically
