Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Defence Ministry in Moscow today to register their anger over a bullying incident in which a conscript was so badly injured that his legs and genitals had to be amputated.

MILITARY prosecutors and top officers promised a thorough investigation into one of the most brutal bullying incidents reported in the Russian military in years - a soldier who underwent several amputations because of beatings and torture by fellow servicemen.

Military prosecutors and top officers promised a thorough investigation into one of the most brutal bullying incidents to be reported in the Russian military in years – a soldier who underwent several amputations because of beatings and torture by fellow servicemen.