Aliona Kardash - It Smells of Smoke at Home | World Press Photo

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The letter Z, which went from a military marking to become a symbol of public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, shines among Christmas decorations. Tomsk, Russia, 29 December 2022
A party at a club in Tomsk, where DJs played a few tracks in Ukrainian. By 2023, playing Ukrainian music in Russia was perceived as civil disobedience. Tomsk, Russia, 6 January 2023
Aliona (left) sits with her younger sister Sanya, a mother of two. Aliona has never talked to Sanya about the war and has no idea of what it must be like to raise a son in wartime Russia. Tomsk, Russia, 5 August 2023
Russian flags and those of various units of the Russian defence forces and Wagner Group fly over the graves of soldiers killed in Ukraine. Tomsk, Russia, 30 August 2023
Impromptu memorials sprung up around the country after a 22 March attack by Islamist extremists on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, which killed 145 people. Tomsk, Russia, 25 March 2024
Since Aliona’s grandmother very rarely leaves the house, television (here broadcasting an address by President Putin) is often her window to the world. Tomsk, Russia, 12 January 2023
Footage from a drone attack on a Ukrainian target is displayed alongside trophies from the front, in an exhibition at a Tomsk local history museum. Tomsk, Russia, 2 April 2024
At the age of 94, Aliona’s grandmother votes for the president. She says: “God bless me, old fool, that I can vote for Putin one more time!” Tomsk, Russia, 16 March 2024

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