A Russian soldier, 19 year old Vadim Kostenko died in Syria and was buried earlier this week. His open casket was seen carried through the streets of his home town by fellow soldiers to its final resting place.
There was no priest to preside over the burial ceremony,
reports claimed, because the boy's death , the first casualty of Russia's involvement in Syria,
was allegedly a suicide and that’s a sin
according to Orthodox and doesn’t deserve a well burial presided by a priest.
His family did not fall for the military's story that their son
hanged himself because he had problems with his girlfriend. They claim that they
spoke with him regularly and he was always happy and laughing. The military
also claimed they checked Victim’s mobile phone and found evidence of a
difficult relationship and unreturned text messages immediately prior to his
death. The girlfriend then posted on social media that the military’s story was
a lie.
The victim’s uncle told the press
that there were signs of violence on his body, also a broken bones, jaw and
contusions to the back of his skull.The victim was a contractor who signed up to go to Syria of
his own free will, according to the military claims. His girlfriend said the
military’s claim on that is also a lie, she said her boyfriend told her that
the military told him if he didn’t go to Syria he would lose his job.
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