Russia: March 2, 2001

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A shortage of money, and the continued presence of corruption and incompetence have led to soldiers in Chechnya not being paid for months. This has led to public protests by the soldiers, morale problems in Chechnya and difficulty recruiting the highly paid "contract soldiers" used for much of the force in Chechnya.

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