RUSSIA MILITARY BANS FACEBOOK AS SOLDIERS' BATTLEFIELD SELFIES REVEAL SECRET LOCATIONS

Russia’s top military brass want to rein in their soldiers’ use of social media over fears that they will give away their locations with selfies taken on the battlefield.

The Ministry of Defense has drafted a bill, the Interfax news agency reported, which would target contract soldiers—known as kontraktniki—which are a paid to fight in Russian conflicts but are not career members of the armed forces.

In past conflicts—such as in Chechnya in the 1990s—kontraktniki earned a torrid reputation for poor discipline and looting.
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