The Parallel Universe of Russia’s War
The Documentary Podcast
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Ivan Kondakov's Z-Singer
BBC Russian service researchers have corroborated the deaths of more than 14,600 Russian military personnel in Ukraine over the last year. So will the ever rising death toll change what Russians choose to believe? Or will it just reinforce the Kremlin's truth? No one wants to believe that a son, husband or friend died in vain. As Ivan Kondakov sings, this is the time of Zedd. And whatever happened in this war, the stories that have built Russia's parallel world may have changed the country forever.
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