Quote: "For comparison, the Russians had lost 6,000 people over the entire period of the Second Chechen War. In other words, in January, the Russians had more deaths in Pokrovsk alone than in the ...

Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things different this time. By Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina Valerie ...