04.03.2022 - 16:56 [ Paul Sonne, National security for the @WashingtonPost . Formerly @WSJ in Washington, Moscow, London. / Twitter ]

Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova says out of a company of 100 Russian soldiers, only 4 came back alive, and many were conscripts forced to sign contracts. Her late husband, St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, was Putin‘s boss and mentor.