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Putin just made the Russian Army more like the Soviet force it replacedReuters Vladimir Putin has created a new directorate inside the Russian army to promote patriotism, evoking memories of a Soviet practice that once saw soldiers taught the precepts of Marxism and Leninism by political commissars. The move, approved by Putin in a presidential decree published on Monday, will affect Russia's around 1 million active military service people. In the Soviet Union, a similar directorate worked to ensure that the army stayed loyal to the then ruling Communist party. Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com/r-in-soviet-echo-putin-gives-russian-army-a-political-wing-2018-7
