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Putin buys off the poor, writes off middle class with war budget

Alexei Malov’s dream was to own a white Lada.

When his family in Russia's Saratov region received a payment in compensation for their son’s death fighting in Ukraine, it went to buy just the car he’d wanted, according to a report aired on Russian state television last year.

The father then goes to take it for the first drive — to the cemetery.

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