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"In Putin's Russia, she opens Telegram.
She scrolls through photos of burned documents, scraps of uniforms, and body
fragments, trying to understand whether the dead man brought from the front is
hers.
If a zinc coffin arrives, she may ask for it to be opened — because she is
terrified of burying a stranger.
And then comes the part that is hardest for outsiders to understand.
After all of this — after the silence, the searching, the morgue rumors, the
paperwork, the coffin — she may still support Putin. Not just repeat the right
words to protect herself and her children. But truly believe. Defend the war.
Defend the myth. Even attack other women like herself when they start asking
the wrong questions.
The wives, mothers, and sisters still help preserve the story that destroyed
their own families.
So here is the real question:
Why does the lie survive even after the coffin
arrives?
Today I want to take you inside the world of Russian contract soldiers' wives —
women who suffer the war intimately, pay one of its highest prices, and yet
often remain among the people most determined to protect its meaning."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
