Updated

Bumaga identified 24 soldiers featured on Russian Defense Ministry billboards in St. Petersburg, and Meduza published its translation of the investigation on November 6. The men include soldiers killed at the front, former prisoners awarded the title Hero of Russia, and suspected perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine. The official biographies on the Defense Ministry website leave out some of these facts. The billboards are a common sight in Russian cities, and the findings call into question how the state presents its soldiers to the public. The reporting relies on Bumaga's research and no official response was included in the sources.