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An existential war: even wealthy émigrés are prepared to fight for Russia

Even wealthy émigrés are prepared to fight for Russia

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

If you’re wondering where all those urbane, clever, westernised Russian travellers have gone since the onset of the Ukrainian war – a war which has largely barred them from the West – I can tell you that at least two of them will be found in the tiny Armenian hamlet of Gnishik, high in the summery peaks of the Caucasus.

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