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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale (5): a new life? Not b… likely!Our conscript, Tolya, has left basic training. He hopes that things will be different, but his hopes are soon dashed...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale (4): the army paradox
Letters are a life-line for Tolya. The army’s a mysterious entity, unknowable by anyone outside it, the conscript...
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Published in: oDRIn memoriam Nastya and Stas
Anastasia Baburova and Stanislav Markelov were gunned down in a neo-Nazi contract killing a year ago. In this moving...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (3): hospital, then what?
In this third excerpt from his letters, our Russian conscript ends up in hospital, with time to reflect on what lies...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (2): trying to blend in
In this second letter home our new conscript Tolya is starting to settle in to his two-year stint in Russia’s army....
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (1)
A new Russian army recruit writes home about life at a parachute regiment basic training camp
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Published in: oDRKremlin hand hovers over Russia's internet
So far the Russian government has resisted the temptation of controlling the Russian internet, but this may be about...
