INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the middle of the taiga forest more than 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine, even the remote Siberian village of Vanavara has felt the
ethnic Evenki, one of the indigenous peoples of eastern Siberia, Vasilev was killed in early May
place was packed with people and funeral wreaths
/ evenkya.ruThe death of Vasiliev, who signed on as contract soldier in the Russian army in 2019, is a stark reminder of how the
a contract to serve in the Russian army and fight in Ukraine offers unimaginable riches that they have never seen and their parents and
kilometers from Ukraine, has not yet experienced the death of any locals, many residents have friends and relatives who have lost loved
village of Dogoy.Viktor Ivanov / vk.comThe Siberian republic of Buryatia and neighboring Zabaikalsky region are among the Russian regions
with the highest numbers of military losses
A total of 164 soldiers from Buryatia and 102 from Zabaikalsky region have been killed in Ukraine, according to an independent tally of the
Buddhist monasteries every day to pray for the well-being of their relatives, according to Dolgor.Despite the deaths, most of those living
may have been felt more acutely by poor, rural communities in remote areas of Russia, there are few signs of any desire in these areas for
in the farming village of Dogoi
