Russian Military’s War on Tattoos

bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2013

Guidelines are being issued to the Russian army to check soldiers for intimate tattoos but a defence source denied gay men were being targeted.

According to the advice, revealed by Russian newspaper Izvestia, tattoos are a useful indication of character.

“Special attention should be paid to tattoos around the face, and on the sex organs and buttocks,” it notes.

The defence source said it was a matter of health and appearance, not soldiers’ sexual orientation.

Read more

This article was posted: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:24 pm

---

---

---

---