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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
wonder why a war is listed in homicide rates? makes no sense really
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Because formally there is no war in Russia. There is officially an anti-terror operation against radical Islamists. It's considered just like a police operation, but if you watch the videos, you'll see that's not so. That's a real military operation. Lot's of people die and course it's a part of the homicide rate for the country. However this happens far-far away from the Central Russian cities. That's like a country inside a country...
P.S. You can also see the two Chechen wars in Russia here as well:
Crime in Russia - Wikipedia - check it by the year. Since it was an internal (civilian) war, the killed people are considered as victims of homicide.