THE VIDEO SHELF · military corruption
How Corruption Destroys Armies - Theft, Graft, and Russian failure in Ukraine
Perun analyzes how corruption and theft in defence procurement hollowed out the Russian military before its invasion of Ukraine. It explains the mechanics of graft and how it degrades capability.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a long but insightful explanation of how corruption works inside institutions.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Perun
- Topic
- military corruption
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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The paperwork is an attempt(usually misguided) to stop the corruption. The idea is that if you have to account and document all actions you will have act in the proscribed manner and not in a way that benefits you. This usually fails for the reason …
somat on Hacker News · 2022-10
In I tried starting a manufacturing unit in India (2020)> Maybe but those are big assumptions. Does the USA inspect it's missiles in the middle of nowhere? The US almost certainly does, but the Russians might not. They've been shown to have neglected routine maintenance in ways that caused very critical problems for their …
tablespoon on Hacker News · 2022-07
In Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos
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