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Russian Man Sets Himself on Fire at War Memorial on Anniversary of Ukraine Invasion, Authorities Suppress News of It

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Russian officials have taken swift steps to conceal the death of an IT employee who set himself on fire in protest against the invasion of Ukraine last year, shows an investigation carried out by publications in Russia, Estonia and Lithuania.

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In Kaliningrad, on the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, a programmer, Alexander Okunev, made a self-immolation in protest...

Last February, on the third anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine, a man set himself on fire in the center of Kaliningrad. Before that, on...

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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In Kaliningrad, programmer Alexander Okunev set himself on fire in front of a monument as a silent protest against the war in Ukraine. Russian authorities swiftly covered up his actions.

·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a local resident in Kaliningrad, western Russia, burned himself alive to protest the war. Authorities did everything they could to keep it a secret, the Vashnye Istorii website reported on Wednesday. According to the website, programmer Alexander Okunev committed suicide, but no one knew about it....

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