A Russian soldier died in Syria
Russian contract soldier Igor Zavidny died in Syria on April 9, RBC reports . “Covered with mortar fire and two people were killed. By a lucky chance, his colleague refused to go and a guy from another unit went instead, ”Igor Zavidny’s twin brother Evgeny told RBC. According to Yevgeny Zavidny, his brother, after military service, worked at a metallurgical plant, and "then went to work on a contract." He served in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya and the Orenburg region.