Rap Is The Russian CNN

Everyone knows that Chuck D has called rap the CNN of the ghetto well you can take this analogy to include poor condition all around the world including places like Russia. A Russian Army Lieutenant made a rap video called "A letter to the minister of defence" which he posted on RuTube. "A Letter to the Minister of Defense" features the Lieutenant rapping and showing the poor conditions of the barracks in which Russian soldiers live.

According to BBC analyst Steven Eke, the Lieutenant had a point in pointing out the Russian military's deplorable conditions:

BBC Europe analyst, Steven Eke, says that the message in the video was a serious one.

Russia wants to build modern, professional armed forces. Yet wretched conditions - especially for conscripts - are one of the reasons for the hundreds of suicides and desertions every year that plague the Russian army.

For pointing out these horrid conditions the Russian Lieutenant was transfered to Ussuriysk, a coal-mining town which is nine hours by air from Moscow. Russia will hinder progress if they continue to punish people critical of the Russian government.