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One Soldiers War in Chechnya - Download free ebook

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cynicism, and it can never be crossed. I<br />

still don’t have any dreams, nor does<br />

Zyuzik - I asked him.<br />

In Mozdok, mothers start to descend<br />

on us <strong>in</strong> their droves. They are look<strong>in</strong>g<br />

for their lost sons, and before sett<strong>in</strong>g off<br />

on foot to <strong>Chechnya</strong> with their photos<br />

they have to look through a mounta<strong>in</strong> of<br />

corpses <strong>in</strong> the refrigerators at the station<br />

and <strong>in</strong> the tents. Constant shrieks and<br />

moans can be heard from there and the<br />

women have aged ten years when they<br />

are led out. Many of them are unable to<br />

speak for some time.<br />

I watched an <strong>in</strong>spection like that once.<br />

A relatively young, cultured-look<strong>in</strong>g<br />

woman, a bit like a teacher <strong>in</strong> a grey<br />

cape, with a black scarf round her head,

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