Falsehood in the War in Ukraine: the Legend of Women Snipers

Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, both sides have claimed that enemy women snipers have been arrested. These claims echo strangely what happened in Chechnya – where rumours about women snipers fighting against Russian troops loomed large and served as a justification for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amandine Regamey
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-Soviétiques 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pipss/4222