Drone footage showing a Russian soldier shooting a comrade hurt in combat highlights the "brutal culture" of "callous" behavior in the Russian armed forces, war experts say. "The attempted or ...

When Ruslan’s left leg was shot clean off just below the knee by a Russian anti-tank missile, his initial reaction was to ask a comrade to shoot him dead. “Not today,” was the unhelpful reply.

When I was interviewing Russians for the documentary It's Just a Joke, Comrade: 100 Years of Russian Satire, marking 100 years since the Revolution and 100 years of the black humour that era ...