independent investigation 15.04.2002 (2002)

"Life and Death of Soldiers".

The program is devoted to the army theme - the problem of military exercises, during which soldiers and cadets die or are injured.

According to unofficial information, army officials include "acceptable soldier costs", that is, losses during military exercises within 4%.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Defense, such cases occur extremely rarely, due to the fact that exercises as such have been practically cancelled at the moment.

However, as military jurisprudence experts and human rights activists believe, such incidents in the army during small-scale training actions occur quite often, but criminal cases on such stories, as a rule, are not initiated.

Over the past few years, the number of injured soldiers has not decreased.

The first story of the program.

The tragedy occurred in the Sverdlovsk region, in the Yelansky training center on November 15, 2001. During the exam for cadets on aimed night shooting from a T-72 tank, the second shot blew up the tank gun, there was an explosion, the turret caught fire, and three cadets died.

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of the explosion.

Video: Tanks at the training ground, photos of the dead tank crews, a mangled tank.

Vladimir Kapralov says that during the investigation it was found out that the ammunition had expired.

Igor Kholmsky on the likelihood of tank crews dying during exercises.

Vera Kuzmina, the mother of a dead soldier, talks about communication with the military.

In the studio, Valery Ageyev reports that the exact cause of the tank explosion has not yet been established, all safety measures for the personnel were observed, a possible version is a malfunction of the ammunition.

Valery Ageyev on preparation for firing, the presence of usable ammunition in warehouses.

Anatoly Tsyganok on the statistics of deaths of military personnel during exercises in the USSR and Russia.

Ageyev Valery on registered cases of injuries to servicemen during exercises in 2001. Sharavin Aleksandr on the statistics of servicemen's losses during exercises.

Tsalko Aleksandr on the problem of personnel training in the army and the staffing of the army with junior officers.

Baranets Viktor on the statistics of soldiers' deaths in the Soviet army in the period 1975-1990 and at present.

The second story of the program.

Video: Military equipment tanks, planes, soldiers during exercises.

Volkov Evgeny, Tikhonov Aleksey talk about the state of the Russian army and navy.

Pavlenko Dmitry - injured in a grenade explosion during exercises.

Shemchuk Elvira - the mother of a soldier killed during exercises while crossing a river, talks about the death of her son and the execution of the commander's order.

In the studio, Pavlenko D. about the tragedy that happened to him during exercises.

Ageyev V. says that the commander is to blame for the situation that happened to soldier Pavlenko D. Pavlenko Galina - Dmitry's mother about the lawsuit with the military unit.

Tsyganok A. about the death of a soldier while forcing a river.

Oborskiy Roman - the former commander of a group of border guards answers the question of Shemchuk E., whether his conscience torments him after the death of soldiers during exercises.

Baranets V.N. asks the commander Oborskiy R. about the sense of responsibility for the soldiers.

Ageyev V. says that the chief of the artillery weapons service and the chief of the warehouse will be responsible for the explosion of the tank.

Volkov Evgeny about the reduction of the armed forces and the technical equipment of the army.

Student viewers talk about military service.

Adokhin Boris talks about his own children serving in the army and exercises.

Pavlenko D. about expensive prostheses and the lack of compensation from the Ministry of Defense for prosthetics.

Adokhin B. talks about disabled soldiers and financial assistance to them from the state.

The third story of the program is about situations when soldiers are forcibly sent to emergency zones.

In particular, soldiers were ordered to liquidate the Chernobyl accident.

Video: Chronicle of Chernobyl.

Dmitry Golubev, Dmitry Lobov - participants in the Chernobyl accident liquidation program on the implementation of army orders and participation in the liquidation of the catastrophe.