MOSCOW — "Russian military prosecutors pledged Monday to investigate allegations that young conscripts were forced into prostitution by fellow soldiers — the latest claim of rampant abuse in the nation's armed forces.
Andrei Gavrilyuk, a spokesman for St. Petersburg's military prosecutor, said his office would launch an inquiry into the allegations brought by the Soldiers' Mothers group, a leading Russian nongovernment organization championing soldiers' rights, Ekho Moskvy radio reported.
An activist with the group in St. Petersburg, Lyubov Yezheleva, told The Associated Press it learned about the alleged abuse from a 20-year-old conscript.
"He said he was forced into male prostitution by fellow soldiers who beat him and demanded that he earn money for them..."
What until John Kerry hears of this. And you thought he hated OUR troops...
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