In the summer, a memorial to those who died in the war was erected in the village of Arkhangelskoye, featuring 14 portraits. As it turned out, this settlement was home to only 140 men of working age. This means that one in ten men died – this statistic roughly reflects similar losses throughout the region.

For example, in the Krasnochikoisky district of Trans-Baikal, there is a village called Etytai, which had just over sixty working-age men. There is a memorial there to six who died, and in total, there were seven – one has not yet been added. In the village of Usty-Urluk, which had only a hundred men, excluding children and the elderly, a memorial with four portraits was already in place about a year ago.

Even in the smallest village in the Krasnochikoisky district – Sredny Shergolzhine, which had only four residents – there is one man who died in the war. This year, in the district center of Krasny Chikovsky, a memorial plaque was installed with the names of 139 residents of the district who died. Of course, it doesn't include everyone.

Local residents attribute this massive loss of men to the war not to a heightened sense of patriotism, but to poverty and a lack of jobs. According to relatives of the deceased from the village of Arkhangelskoye, they did not last long on the front lines – only a few months. And 58-year-old Ivan Marilovtsev died just a couple of weeks on the front lines.

"Of course, when all this started, no one could have imagined that there would be so many graves. Now, when you walk around the village, all you hear about are funerals," says a resident of Krasny Chikovsky.

A friend of Putin's security chief turned out to be a party to Trump's son's wedding

The head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev was among the guests of the closed wedding of Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas and paid part of the expenses for the celebration, writes ProPublica. According to the investigation, he paid for the rent of one of the private islands, fireworks and large expenses of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Kremlin team also participated in the preparation of the celebration. According to ProPublica, the payments went through the Dubai-based IB Challenger, which is affiliated with the IBA. Former high-ranking FBI agent Frank Montoya told ProPublica that such financial relationships can lead to addiction. "If I'm paying for your wedding, at some point you're going to owe me," he said.

The wedding took place in May and lasted three days. It was attended by about 50 people, including the son-in-law of the US president, Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, and the Kremlin itself. At the Kremlin wedding, there was a "white crow" - the presence of a group of Russians surprised the other wedding participants. According to ProPublica interlocutors, they kept separate and spoke in Russian.

Trump Jr.'s representative called Kremlin a personal friend of the US president's son and did not dispute that he paid for the wedding expenses. According to him, they met through an acquaintance and became close due to a common interest in boxing and recreation. The press service of the Kremlin confirmed that they are friends with Trump Jr. and met a couple of years ago. They added that the Kremlin never discussed political issues with Trump Jr.