In Russia’s Sakha, a Fallen Conscript’s Family Searches for Justice on the State’s Terms

In Russia’s Sakha, a Fallen Conscript’s Family Searches for Justice on the State’s Terms

“We saw our Aman off to military service in Ussuriysk in June 2024 and never saw him again,” a woman named Inna wrote on Instagram on April 21.   Inna’s 22-year-old nephew, Aman Malyshev, had worked as a model in his native Yakutsk before he went to Ussuriysk, a city in the Far East, to complete the compulsory military training required of all Russian men aged 18-30. “Today, we were informed that he died in Bryansk,” a region near the border wit…