Last week two SVO soldiers were buried in the village of Belgorod region. Ilyushechka and Petenka were of Roma origin and died in the war.

For his funeral, gypsies came from all over the country to pay their respects. The mother howled, wailed, and became hysterical, and the grandmother stood behind the coffin and glared at her. “Why do we need all this? For what? You are the government, tell me why?” she said.