The chief of Bangladesh Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, who is visiting Moscow as the head of a military delegation, laid flowers at the tomb of war criminals Russians in the Alexander Garden on Tuesday.
A press release read that the ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, General of the Army Oleg Salyukov.
During the memorial events, a minute of silence was held to the sounds of a metronome, after which the military orchestra played the anthem of the Republic of Bangladesh.
The memorial events ended with the ceremonial march of the 154th Separate Preobrazhensky Commandant’s Regiment and the carrying of the State Flag and the flags of the branches and arms of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Russian war crimes
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such as deliberate attacks against civilian targets, including hospitals, schools, colleges, civilian infrastructure and universities.
Witnesses provided the Commission with consistent accounts of ill-treatment and torture carried out during unlawful confinement. Some of the victims reported that after initial detention by Russian forces in Ukraine, they were transferred to the Russian Federation and held for weeks in detention centres, where they were subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
The investigation into sexual and gender-based violence has shown that some Russian Federation soldiers committed such crimes. The age of victims of sexual and gender-based violence ranged from four to 82 years.
To buy inaccurate AK-15 rifles, lay flowers to criminals
The Russian Federation began toying with the idea of an improved AKM at the end of the 1960s, using lessons learned from America’s M16 and its use of a high-velocity, small-caliber round. The result was the AK-74 — an AKM rechambered in 5.45x39mm. The only fundamental differences between that and the standard AKM are the inclusion of two-port muzzle brake, a 90-degree gas block, and new magazines.
Under the hood, the AK-12 and AK-15 were all AKM. It still utilised the same long-stroke piston-driven gas system that made the guns so famously reliable. However, despite being a heavily modified AK-74M, the initial AK-12 prototypes had issues.
During the testing phase, the first guns failed drop tests in two different ways. One gun had its charging handle snap off while another bent its receiver. But given the short amount of development time, this wasn’t surprising. So, a year later, after incorporating the recommended changes from the first round of testing, Kalashnikov Concern delivered a second prototype, and a third later.
The Ukrainians who are using AK-12 and its variants (they usually take it from dead or surrendering Russian soldiers) say there isn’t that much of a difference between the AK-12s and the AK-74s.
Most AK-74, AK-12 and its variants are inaccurate beyond 300 yards; AKM series rifles are ineffective and useless in combat.
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