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Journalists on a TV show discuss challenges Russia will face after the the end of 'SVO' (special military operation) and one that they highlight is thousands of disabled veterans for which the state won't be able to find employment due to their 'low education'. One of the participants therefore proposes placing them at 'special closed towns', which another laughingly describes as 'concentration camps'. Russian journalist's sarcastic comment is founded in post-WW2 stories about Stalin ordering purges of disabled veterans roaming on the streets of Leningrad, which were partly an urban legend, but with solid foundations in Soviet coercive practices and dismissive attitude towards disabled people.
By Journalists on a TV show discuss challenges Russia will face after the the end of 'SVO' (special military operation) and one that they highlight is thousands of disabled veterans for which the state won't be able to find employment due to their 'low education'. One of the participants therefore proposes placing them at 'special closed towns', which another laughingly describes as 'concentration camps'. Russian journalist's sarcastic comment is founded in post-WW2 stories about Stalin ordering purges of disabled veterans roaming on the streets of Leningrad, which were partly an urban legend, but with solid foundations in Soviet coercive practices and dismissive attitude towards disabled people.