Russian City Mourns Its Lost Soldiers, but Doesn’t Resent Putin’s War

Many Western opponents of Russia’s war in Ukraine expected that mothers would become the backbone of a surge of outrage against President Vladimir Putin, and evolve into a political force opposing him. But 10 months into the conflict, that has not happened on a large scale — and certainly not in Ryazan, a city of half a million people known for its elite paratrooper unit. Read more

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