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Anything is better than death
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Very many men who have to go to the front have little, if any, military experience.
(Photo: Andrei Samsonov/Imago/ITAR-TASS)
Moscow is full of women who fear for their husbands, sons, brothers and friends. Because they are no longer safe from mobilization anywhere. It is, says one mother, as if Russia were throwing “corpses” at the enemy.
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Silke Bigalke, Moscow
His face looks even narrower than yesterday. Maybe it’s the thick knitted hat, maybe it’s the policemen he’s about to pass. They weren’t there before, the 21-year-old murmurs and looks down the blocked-off side street. He lives nearby, but he’s given this Moscow street a wide berth for weeks.
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