Russia: Dozens demonstrate over brutal abuse of conscript

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.

At least 300 people took part in the rally to display support for conscripts who are often subject to brutal abuse by their elders in the troubled Russian military, Ekho Moskvy radio reported.