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May 4, 2022 19 tweets 4 min read Read on X
You may remember all of the frequent mentions of numerous improvised torture chambers the Russians create on the occupied territories. Apparently, those who do it not only have mothers, but also call them to boast of their work. They get encouraged, no less.
#notallrussians, eh?
There is a 10 minute long video linked to the post. Its a recording of an intercepted phone call between a Russian soldier and his mother. The soldier, among other things, describes his mother the tortures conducted by Russian FSB (and abetted by him) over Ukrainian captives.
In particular, the soldier describes a torture which he nicknames "the rose". It consists of cutting the skin and muscle from fingers (and penis) in order for it to curve and open - like a rose.
When asked how did he abet, the soldier says that he and the others caught the people, detained them, brought them to the torturers, beat them up until the torturers make time for new victims, broke their legs so they wouldn't run away.
Then he proceeds to describe a story the torturer in chief told him. First and key takeaway - the victim was a non-combatant. An old man who traveled on his bicycle and allegedly photographed Russian positions. He was clubbed to death with standard rubber police batons.
Then the soldier describes another method of torture, the shaft. It consists of putting a pipe inside the victim's anus, and putting a barbed wire inside of it. After which the pipe is removed, and then the wire, slowly. He was told this was practiced by Russians back in Chechnya
Then there is an exchange between him and his mother in which he says has no compassion towards Ukrainians because they "torment our POWs" - a reference to Russian propaganda, since it is the mother who brings this up. Probably, to enforce his illusion that he's not the bad guy.
Then he describes the defiance of Ukrainian captives. Despite having broken knees (Russian soldier boasts of doing the deed), the captive claims that he will be avenged, and that he cares not for death, for he dies for the truth.
Then the Russian soldier confesses that he enjoys "morally fucking people up with mere two words". This refers to his derogatory comments to the captive that made him to shut up.

The mother of said Russian says that she would have enjoyed doing that too, if she were there.
Because, as she says, "you and I are the same".

Then the Russian soldier concludes the speech with words of encouragement:

"We'll try the rose on daddy. We'll start with his pipi, and if he doesn't get the message, we'll make him 5 more roses.
He did say he can't get a job, so he doesn't really need hands. And if he needs them to do that shit, he surely doesn't need hands. Oh, no, wait, I know - we'll start with breaking his finger - the main one, the right hand forefinger"

His mother asks jokingly:
"So he wouldn't point at things, or to stop him from picking his nose?"

"Well, so he could possibly use it later. Break it right before the first finger phalanx - it hurts the most. It has the most nerve endings and it has the thickest bone."
"If he doesn't get the message, next we'll break two. If he still doesn't, we'll break four. A geometric progression"
His mother laughs.

What a happy little Russian family they are. Suddenly, his mother gets a smart idea:
"Is it okay for us to discuss such things on the phone?"

Russian soldier replies that "You see, I'm slowly losing my mind here, and this kind of thing became normal to me"

She tries to dissuade him: "No, you're okay"

He says: "We kill people here"

His mother parries with:
"But are you sure they're people? And if, God forbid, one of you gets killed?"

The soldier says: "Well, yeah, that's obvious. My conscience doesn't really gnaw at me any longer. It happened as the number (of people murdered by him, I presume) grew past 20, I stopped caring"
His mother keeps insisting: "But they're not people"

And the Russian soldier laments his lost innocence, saying that he used to be such a kind person, and he wishes his mother to see all the things that change about him.

Here you have it. Half-translation, half-retelling.
A very ugly text, even uglier situation. Yet, do not avert you eyes. For you can look the other way, but it won't stop this from happening.

And do not fool yourself - it is happening, right now. In Europe. In the occupied parts of Ukraine. Wherever Russian soldier steps.
I can happen to you. In your town. In your cosy home. In fact, it will, if Russia is ever getting into another European country.

And if Russia gets repelled, it will happen in Russia. These monsters would not magically change by crossing a border.
Upd: yet another translation. Looks professional, but I won't be re-reading it again just to verify. Will leave this here, perhaps it will be of use to someone.

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Nope. Russians never were ready to "listen" to Ukrainians - to them it is akin to British parliamentarian listening to a random Zulu back in 1879. Laughable until they realize you're serious, and then just plain insulting.
They wanted us as curiosities, yes-men to their sermons.
They did try and make the war about themselves, they still do. Because you see, its how they feel, what is important, and they've been selling that to the West since the Russian Empire fell. Suffering of the locals is non-existent in their world. Completely virtual.
The people of Ukraine, Syria, Georgia or Ichkeria exist to suffer and die by Russian hands, so the Grand Russian Humanitarians can feel conflicted about it. Not responsible, mind you, they'll just write a book how its not their fault, and sell it as an instant classic in the West
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Not a bad article, and a thread. In addition to the quotes in the thread, here are few more quotes.

A position I can't really agree on, though, is the author's fascination with Russian literature (granted, its a required trait to be Russian literature expert).
Fiction literature is ultimately a fancy way of amusing oneself, it is interchangeable, and non-essential for anyone, but the creator.

Say, Maya or Aztecs probably had their own "War and peace" equivalent, but no one is actually distressed its no longer available.
Nation's literature is only essential for that particular nation - it serves a few purposes, like distinguishing it from others, cultural heritage and all that.

In Russia's case, it serves to cover up for its atrocities and to brainwash the occupied nations into compliance.
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Look through this thread. It is quite true.

Moreover, there are older myths of this sort, filling Russians' minds, for instance, Napoleonic wars. Napoleon is portrayed as a sort of 19th Hitler, single-mindedly obsessed with - you guessed it - destroying the Motherland.
Then he rallied a whole Europe around him for this purpose, but the Heroic Russians via their Heroic Sacrifice beat not only Napoleon, but his European lackeys and, in rare case of a complete delirium of the story-teller, his English overlords.
That's why, by the way, they place the Great Patriotic War next to the Patriotic War (and the similarities of the names isn't a coincidence either), and try and forge yet another patriotic war out of its current aggression against Ukraine.
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Now that's an interesting article
True, Russian identity is a bit of a void. In fact, they tried - and failed - to forge a unifying identity up until 2006 or so. Now, they appear to have reversed to their default identity: a Russian is the one who serves Russian imperial project
The desirability of being Russian stems from two main reasons:

1) its profitable to be 🇷🇺 under 🇷🇺occupation
2) its unprofitable to be non-🇷🇺 there

That recent law, which made crimes on the occupied territories into non-crimes, is a good example of both
Those, who serve the imperial project, are allowed to be visibly non-conformant to their "Arian ideal": Shoigu, Kadyrov, combat Buryats, and so on.

If you have "aggravating circumstances", you'd have to work harder than hard to claim that sweet Russionness.
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First being Putin, if you didn't know.

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Unfortunately, the addressees predictably dismissed it. McFaul, for one, is Done With This Debate. Because, you know, he lost it, but can't be bothered (or can't afford) to make amends to his position. Image
I imagine, he wouldn't be as lenient towards a US politician, who called immigrants cockroaches and proposed a gun as a solution, but since its some foreigners, who will bear the the costs of putting Navalny in charge, McFaul can afford to not care.

Not his life on the line.
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An observation: the West (AKA the old Europe and the US) appears to have some sort of fascination with Russia (which they also treat as interchangeable with USSR and Russian Empire), and tend to romanticize them, treat them using different set of standards.
Example: the two stories about Brave Soviet Officers that Prevented Nuclear Holocaust by Not Starting It, Even Though They Had the Means To. I'm of course talking about Vasily Arkhipov during the Cuban Missile crisis and Stanislav Petrov and Nuclear False alarm stories.
Both of those are essentially the same: a Soviet officer gets an occasion to use nukes, and doesn't. Therefore, he's a hero. I see this as an absolute win of Soviet propaganda. No such stories about US officers, they just wouldn't work.
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