By Maria TsvetkovaGRECHANAYA BALKA, Russia, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The parents of a 19-year-old Russian soldier serving in Syria said on Tuesday they had been informed that their son had hanged himself there, the country’s first confirmed fatality since the Kremlin launched a campaign of air strikes in Syria on Sept. 30.In an interview with Reuters at their home in southern Russia, Alexander and Svetlana Kostenko said they did not believe that their son, Vadim, would have taken his own life.”I will never believe this version (suicide),” said Svetlana, who was wearing a black head scarf. She said she had …read more
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