Editing Russia (section)

===Policies===
There is no direct [[PRT]] counterpart in Russia.<ref name="SB2.1">There isn't a Russian equivalent to the PRT. If you were moving forward with that, it'd be pretty much pure fanfiction. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14300958/ Private message by Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles]</ref> Instead, the government generally tries to keep [[parahumans]] in their country separated from one another<ref name="II12.4 e1">I remembered Contender talking about the Russian cape scene- he’d toured over there in his mercenary work over there.  Over there, military and powers were woven into one another.  One squad leader with powers or one cape as an adjunct to a squad, adding to their capabilities.  Capes were rarely allowed or encouraged to get along. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/03/02 Excerpt] from [[Heavens 12.4]]</ref> and society.<ref name="reddit ePolicy" /> Russian leaders tacitly encourage infighting among their elite troops, the [[Elitnaya Armiya]], to prevent them from taking over.<ref>'''Elitnaya Armiya''' - The Army's elite. Think Metal Gear - trained soldiers supported by scary superhumans, as part of Russia's military-industrial complex. The mentality is highly adversarial; these aren't parahumans who play nice with other parahumans, and this includes them not cooperating with other members of the ''Elitnaya''. There's a lot of politicking and backstabbing going on behind the scenes (to the point that Russia is almost divided in four), and each member of the ''Elitnaya'' maintains ties to certain sub-factions, individuals and interests. Favor is curried, and virtually every mission the ''Elitnaya'' are mobilized to involves hidden motivations and sub-goals in service of sponsors and secret masters (human, not Master). Put two of these guys on the same mission, and their interests may collide. Keep in mind, these guys got their start being used to hunt other parahumans. The relationship is largely 'shoot identified parahumans on sight', or, in the case of ''Elitnaya'' vs. ''Elitnaya'', waiting until they're in private before orchestrating one another's murders. This is actively ''curried'' by the people in power, as it means the parahumans can't band together to control society, overtly or otherwise, as it is in America. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14300958/ Private message by Wildbow, archived on Spacebattles]</ref>

The government keeps the numbers and capabilities of Russian [[parahumans]] discreet so that they can simultaneously imply they have lots of parahumans to their enemies and also low levels of parahuman violence to their citizens.<ref name="reddit ePolicy">'''Anchuinse:''' However, we hear about how Russia deals with their heroes are different. They have a single hero lead a squad of unpowered individuals that stick together and act as a force multiplier to their parahuman from learned teamwork. You'd be much more likely to see the situation you describe there as opposed to in the US.<br><br>'''Wildbow:'''  Not so. In Earth Bet's Russia, parahumans are generally kept at arm's reach, removed, separated from one another, separated from society. Numbers and capabilities are kept discreet, so they can simultaneously imply 'we have lots of parahumans' to their enemies and 'we don't have parahumans, we've handled that, you don't need to worry about parahuman violence like people elsewhere do.' (Lower numbers than most other places, though)<br><br>Shock troopers, military, problem solvers, arms of the government, and squadrons that get sent out to execute or enlist any parahuman that they can, with a "We're going to ask you if you want to join once, and if you don't say yes and hold to that, you'll be on the list of those to execute thereafter" approach. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit</ref><!-- https://redd.it/st8qsk -->