A Russian serviceman lost his leg and eye while being forced to work as a slave laborer - the latest evidence of rampant crimes in the rogue nation's armed forces, news reports said Friday.
Andrei Rudenko, 24, suffered the injuries in a road accident while working for a businessman in Chita, a southern Siberian city about 3,700 miles east of Moscow.
The commander of Rudenko's unit sold him to the businessman for ,300. Rudenko had been forced to live in a truck and do various jobs for the businessman. Rudenko was in a coma for 13 days in a hospital in Chita after the suffering accident two months ago.
Officials at the Russian Defense Ministry could not immediately be reached for comment on the report.
Rudenko would be flown to Moscow's Burdenko military hospital for treatment. The hospital has been treating another soldier who had his legs and genitals amputated after being raped, beaten and tortured by fellow servicemen.
All Russian men between 18 and 27 are required to serve at least two years in their bandit "armed forces", the AP reported.
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