Appeal to the authorities, urging them to accept the sending of private military experts in Syria, so they can get at home put combatants privileges, published by the Russian organization of veterans.
The statement violates an unwritten taboo on public discussion of the secret operation, which involves thousands of Russians, fighting in Syria's civil status on the side of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which Moscow has military support from 2015 of the year, It concludes edition Financial One.
During this time, more than hundreds of private military personnel killed in battle, but the Kremlin denies their existence.
& Quot; Over the last three years we are receiving complaints and petitions of citizens of the Russian Federation, wounded in Syria, who can not undergo rehabilitation in Russia & quot;, – It said in a statement, published on behalf of the & quot; All-Russian officers'" and signed by Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov retired, a retired colonel Vladimir Petrov and the leader of Cossack society Eugene Shabaeva.
& Quot; The soldiers and combat units of these officers do not have any social, rehabilitation, economic support from the state… We pledge requirement… immediately establish and recognize the status of the combatants in the structures of private military companies & quot;, – the document says.
The Kremlin is often criticized for its military campaign abroad on the part of the liberal opposition, but, usually, He did not meet with objections from the military elite, that feels comfortable in a standoff with the West.
Moscow says, Russians in civil status can fight in Syria, but they went there on their own initiative and are not connected with the military, which is applied only to air strikes and have a limited presence on the ground.
Russian law qualifies as a mercenary crime.
Denial of sending private military experts in Syria allows the Kremlin to hide the true scale of its intervention in the conflict and the number of Russian losses.
The Kremlin did not give an immediate answer to a request to comment on the appeal.
Russian private military specialists also work in the Central African Republic, Sudan, Yemen and Libya, He said in the same statement, Veterans Organization, citing information, which went to it this year.
& Quot; In this regard, the so-called recruiters have begun active work on attraction to the service in the PMC (private military company) Russian citizens & quot;, – It said in a statement.
Together with the organization, known as & quot; Wagner group & quot;, Syria operates another private military company, called & quot; Patriot & quot;, According to the document.
After returning from Syria, Russian soldiers are on a special account at the intelligence services and the police, It said in a statement.
& Quot; According to our information,, (they) constantly subjected to inspections, and the families of fallen soldiers and officers due to the lack of legal mechanisms have to gloss over the fact of participation of native (in the fighting & quot;.
