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BY RICHARD BOUDREAUX
VOLGOGRAD, Russia—Sergei Fetisov, a 23-year-old welder, signed on for one
of the most ambitious projects in Vladimir Putin's Russia: rebuilding the
remains of the once-mighty Soviet Red Army.
A cornerstone of that effort was the creation of special combat-ready units
staffed entirely by professional soldiers, not conscripts. Mr. Fetisov
volunteered to be one of them. He enlisted for a renewable three-year stint,
enticed by higher pay and the chance to learn new skills.
One of his first tasks, he recalls, was toiling past midnight shoveling snow
and ice from a football-field-size parade ground. The work that followed
was menial, humiliating ... |
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