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
