INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin last week met with the mothers of Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine in an event that was timed to
selected these particular women and whether subsequent media reports about their pro-Putin views discredited the event in the eyes of
ask uncomfortable questions," one longtime Kremlin official and event organizer, who asked not to be identified, told the Moscow
stormy meeting in 2000 with relatives of sailors killed in the Kursk submarine disaster
outside Moscow.Seated next to Putin was Zharadat Aguyeva
While she was described as a housewife in the official list of attendees, independent Telegram channel Mozhem Obyasnit reported that Aguyeva
Ramzan Kadyrov.Others in attendanceincluded: Olesya Shigina, a producer of religiously conservative and pro-government movies; Olga
Beltseva, a Moscow municipal deputy from the ruling United Russia party; Marina Migunova, a Moscow official who delivers aid to Russian
was likely calculating that the meeting would show Putin empathizing with those who have lost loved ones in Ukraine and shore up the
Kremlin official involved in organizing events who asked not to be named told The Moscow Times that the media coverage would be seen as a
restricted to independent media