«Отношение к своим в России не поменялось»: почему останки 2000 солдат застряли на складе в Латвии?

Install VPNovaya to read and watch what you like, not Roskomnadzor: https://t.me/vpnovaya_bot?start=yt_de... For over a quarter of a century, the "Legenda" unit has been searching for and reburying soldiers who died in Latvia during World War II. Most often, searchers find Soviet soldiers—tens of thousands of them remain on Latvian soil. Search and identification are complicated by the fact that the Soviet leadership did not issue dog tags to Red Army soldiers, and paper documents quickly deteriorated in the ground. In the 1990s and 2000s, "Legenda" actively collaborated with the Russian embassy and Russian search teams, but in 2014, relations with official Russia began to deteriorate. Since 2022, they have been virtually gone. Meanwhile, the remains of more than 2,000 Red Army soldiers await reburial in a warehouse near Riga. How has Russia abandoned its own once again? And why do Latvians continue to search for Soviet soldiers despite the lack of funding and support? Novaya Gazeta Evropa spoke with the founders of the "Legenda" detachment, Talis Eshmits and Viktors Duks. Follow the "Legenda" Facebook page:   / legenda.diggers   If you would like to support the detachment's work, please find the details for a euro transfer below. Please indicate "donate" in the payment details: Biedrība MEKLĒŠANAS VIENĪBA “LEGENDA” 50008071431 “Granīti” 11, Ropaži, Ropažu novads, LV-2135 AS SEB banka LV15UNLA0050002460792 00:00 — Why did Russia stop collecting the remains of Soviet soldiers from Latvia? 01:30 — How did Viktors Duks come to love the search business? 4:45 AM — The start of the "Legend" unit — how Viktor dug up the first Red Army soldier 11:25 AM — "We're often called in by construction workers and the police" 2:10 PM — "Relations with Russia have deteriorated, but not with ordinary people" 3:00 PM — "We have the remains of 2,000 Red Army soldiers in our warehouse" 3:50 PM — Why are there so many unidentified Soviet soldiers? 6:08 PM — How are Soviet soldiers reburied in Latvia? 7:50 PM — "At first, everything was fine, but then relations with Russian officials deteriorated" 9:50 PM — How do the Germans bury their own? The difference between the Russian and German approaches 24:35 PM — "Latvians can calmly discuss the war" 26:10 — "This problem isn't just in Latvia." Not everyone can be found and buried." 28:11 — "They haven't been forgotten, we just need to put everything in order." Follow: https://t.me/novaya_europe   / novayagazeta_eu     / novayagazeta_eu     / novayaeurope