Emigrant Returning to Russia: “I Had Never Heard Conversations Like These Before”
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- A woman named Marija described seeing war recruitment posters beside swimsuit advertisements during a return visit to provincial Russia.
- She also saw more new soldiers’ graves in cemeteries and visibly traumatized men wearing camouflage in the streets.
After a long absence, Marija returned to visit relatives in provincial Russia and encountered a landscape marked by the war.
Advertisements for swimsuits stood beside posters calling on people to join the fighting. In cemeteries, she saw increasing numbers of graves for newly fallen soldiers. On the streets, visibly traumatized men in camouflage appeared more frequently.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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