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May 11 • 6 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/ In an unfortunate musical choice, a memorial to a soldier from Buryatia killed in Ukraine in 2022 was unveiled in his home town accompanied by the national anthem of the totalitarian state in the 'Hunger Games' movies. ⬇️
2/ The soldier, 21-year-old Guard Corporal Dmitry Farshinyov from Kyakhta, Buryatia, was killed on 5 April 2022 in Ukraine while serving with the 11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. He was awarded the Hero of Russia medal posthumously for "courage and heroism". Image
3/ More than 6.5 million rubles ($85,435) were spent on remaking a city square in Kyakhta in his memory and another 2 million ($26,287) on a memorial, which was unveiled on 9 May. A video of the ceremony was published by the local Viber channel "Kyakhta-info.24/7".
4/ Somewhat unfortunately, the flag was solemnly removed from the memorial while the theme 'Horn of Plenty' by James Newton Howard was played. The theme is the national anthem of the fictional state of Panem, depicted in the Hunger Games movies.
5/ The movies portray Panem as a cruel totalitarian state which sends young people to fight to the death for the entertainment of a corrupt elite. 'Horn of Plenty' is played during the opening ceremony of the Hunger Games and when the dead contestants are displayed in the arena.
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1/ Wives of Russians mobilised from Novosibirsk have published videos appealing for their men to be helped. The men are said to be "sitting among corpses" in Ukraine, probably near Avdiivka, with no help or evacuation for the wounded. ⬇️
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1/ Increasing official paranoia in Russia has resulted in the arrest of a Hindu for wearing blue and yellow clothes and possessing a vegan cookbook that included Ukrainian recipes. He's now awaiting trial for "discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation". ⬇️ Image
2/ The Baza Telegram channel reports that 26-year-old Vitaly, a Russian Hindu, was arrested in Moscow on 9 May while singing a mantra with friends. He was wearing a blue jacket and yellow Afghan-style baggy trousers. The police seized the cookbook and confiscated his trousers.
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1/ Mobilised Russian soldiers from the Moscow region have described the extreme conditions they face around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, with men scavenging for food, drinking corpse-contaminated water, and living and fighting amongst piles of rotting unburied bodies. ⬇️ Image
2/ The men's experiences have previously been highlighted in videos recorded by the men themselves, in which they appeal to Putin to reassign them:
3/ And by their relatives, appealing in vain for Putin to return their men from the slaughter:
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