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How Corruption Destroys Armies - Theft, Graft, and Russian failure in Ukraine

In this video, I try to take a somewhat light hearted look at how corruption in a military context can (and sometimes does) work, citing examples of actual cases and using hypotheticals to demonstrate the kinds of actions that can rot an institution from head to tail. For those of you in countries that face this problem, it should all seem a little familiar. Examples are taken from the sources listed below and I make no independent representations on the veracity of any claims. I don't know exactly how much is stolen from the Russian defence budget, I doubt anyone does. But what I can do, is help us understand how a nation capable of producing some of the most advanced defence equipment in the world would be running out of fuel on day 3, and be rolling out museum piece tanks less than three months into a major conflict.

English
  • Originally Aired May 29, 2022
  • Runtime 57 minutes
  • Production Code i9i47sgi-V4
  • Created May 24, 2023 by
    stalemate
  • Modified May 24, 2023 by
    PolarGeek admin