Guidelines are being issued to the Russian army to check soldiers for intimate tattoos but a defense 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.
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