Dedovshina - all fine here?

Well, it was not easy to find translation to Russian definition of "dedovshina" - but some of translators use the word "hazing" for this matter.

Almost all youth from Russia, who must at 18 go to army knows what is it. Dedovshina means that newcomers will fill violence on herself from "old-timer" soldiers.

All parents fill scare, when their son must duty back to motherland, because every day we hearing about new cases of dedovshina. Sometimes violence in the army very hard.

In last year Andrey Sychyov was beat almost an inch of his life. It made his fellow-soldier on New Year's night. He was drunk and it was the one reason to beat Andrey.

Andrey almost died at an military hospital, but women from "Soldier's mothers" had found him and asked for help journalists from democratic newspaper. The incident had shocked the country.

In Moscow doctors had amputate him all bellow waist. He will never have the own children.

Few weeks later one more incident. Roman Rudakov, like Sychyov, was beat by his fellow. Very long time his life was between life and death.

Russian military officeholders thinking, that dedowshina - isn't big problem for army. They just does not want to see, how it awful. More over, they escalate situation.

In last month from St. Petersburg had came information that officers compels solders to raise money on soldiers prostitution.