Not afraid to write to Putin, grieving mother demands explanation after teenage conscript killed
Elena's son Valentin was killed after he was sent to Russia's Kursk region to guard the border. The bereaved mother believes he shouldn't have been put in that position as an 18-year-old conscript.
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Valentin, 18, died nearly a year into his military service
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Valentin's grave
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Valentin, who had been head boy at school, was keen to serve
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The graveyard Valentin is buried in
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