Putin is not a decree

On Wednesday, the British television channel released a story about the death of the three soldiers of the 16th separate brigade of the GRU special forces deployed in Tambov - Timura Mamayusupova (call sign Mamai) from Tatar, Anton Savelyev (call sign of Sava) from the Tambov region and Ivan Kardapolov (call sign) from the Urals. The video is available on the channel website.

Initially, the release of the plot was scheduled for June 4, but it was postponed due to the decree of Vladimir Putin , to which information on military losses in peacetime was classified as state secret.

The death of Mamayusupov, Savelyev and Kardapolov was informed on May 20 by the blogger Ruslan Leviev following the results of the investigation conducted by him together with the coordinator of the Russian Federation of Russia Vadim Korovin. According to Leviev, the special forces died in Ukraine on May 5. The blogger found it difficult to name the exact place of the death of the soldier, but noticed that, judging by the combat reports, two options are most likely. The first is the city of the Golden Popapasnyansky district of the Luhansk region; The second is the village of Shirokino of the Volnovakh district of Donetchina, the eastern suburb of Mariupol.

The decree related to state secrets on the losses of the personnel of the Armed Forces "in peacetime during the period of special operations," Putin issued on May 28 . Previously, only information about losses in wartime was classified. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured that the appearance of the decree was not related to the war in Ukraine.

According to official Kyiv, from the beginning of this war, thousands of Russian military were killed and were injured. Meanwhile, the Kremlin, refuting the participation of regular troops in the conflict, threats and bribery forcing the victims and relatives of the dead to be silent.

Investigations conducted by social activists and journalists, all sorts of obstacles are being repaired. The journalists participating in these investigations were attacked.