As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters eighth month, data shows that many Russian soldiers who die come from remote, mistreated, poor regions of Russia.
While living in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, Aygul Lyon avoided traveling to Moscow. The capital, famous for its shiny onion domes on Saint Basil’s Cathedral and subway stations adorned with marble arches, was mostly known to Lyon as the city where bands of Russian skinheads targeted anyone who didn’t look Slavic.
“It’s silent genocide against my people,” Lyon said in Russian. “They are going to Ukraine to die a meaningless death because someone is trying to get his hands on an independent country.” Aygul Lyon works on a puzzle with her daughter Miriam Lyon, 9. Lyon left Bashkortostan, Russia, 13 years ago for Los Angeles.
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