As shocking as this sounds, the VA currently employs physicians who are former Soviet officers to treat veterans.
It is inappropriate for veterans to be treated by former Soviet officers, particularly, if the physician does not disclose his prior status, it is particularly offinsive, when Cold War era veterans recieve psychiatric treatment from a former Soviet officer who may lack the basic understanding of our culture necessary to treat our veterans' mental illnesses.
The VA should be required to fire these former soviet officers, or at a minimum require them to disclose their former Soviet military status so that veterans may chose whether they want to recieve treatment from another medical provider.