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BootinUp

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Mon Sep 19, 2022, 10:33 AM Sep 2022

Russian propagandist: on-the-spot trials for traitors, des... - Julia Davis

Julia Davis
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Top propagandist on Russian state TV urges for more strict measures to prevent additional military retreats: on-the-spot trials "for traitors, deserters and anyone who gets scared." He sounds quite peeved about the situation with drones. Head of RT chimes in to praise the gov't.


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Russian propagandist: on-the-spot trials for traitors, des... - Julia Davis (Original Post) BootinUp Sep 2022 OP
Towards the end of WWII, Hitler made use of "flying courts martials" to string up anyone suspected Chainfire Sep 2022 #1
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Chainfire

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1. Towards the end of WWII, Hitler made use of "flying courts martials" to string up anyone suspected
Mon Sep 19, 2022, 10:46 AM
Sep 2022

of retreating. It didn't reverse the course of the war.

It appears that the speaker wants the violence against their own troops to escalate until morale improves.

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