In mid-March, the British defense ministry said that in many of Russia's eastern regions, 'deaths are likely running, as a percentage of population, at a rate 30+ times higher than in Moscow.' It is thought that troops from Buryatia have sustained disproportionately high casualty rates throughout the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine. Tsydenov said in spring 2022 that a square would be named after Farshinyov, which the Novaya Gazeta report said was the site of the new monument revealed on Tuesday. These feature a fictional totalitarian state called Panem created by American writer Suzanne Collins. In the clip, the ceremony takes place to the sound of 'Horn of Plenty,' a piece composed by James Newton Howard and used in the 'Hunger Games' films. Russia's defense ministry has been contacted for comment via email. Newsweek could not independently verify this. A monument to a fallen soldier has been unveiled in Russia's far eastern Buryatia region to the soundtrack from the dystopian film series 'The Hunger Games.' Telegram NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images

Courage' placed on a grave at a cemetery in the town of Yefremov in Russia's Tula region on March 23, 2023. This combined image shows Guard Corporal Dmitry Farshinyov, left, and a wreath decorated with a sign reading 'PMC Wagner. In May 2022, Alexey Tsydenov, the head of the Buryatia republic, said Farshinyov had been posthumously awarded the title of 'Hero of Russia' after serving in the 11th Guards Airborne Assault Brigade, citing the same date of death for the soldier.ĭespite being 'wounded several times, he did not give up-covering his colleagues, saving the unit, he went to the end, repelling enemy attacks,' Tsydenov wrote on Telegram on May 21, 2022. The soldier was named by the outlet as Dmitry Farshinyov, who was killed in Ukraine on April 5, 2022, according to a local Telegram channel for Buryatia. The statue, which appears in a clip posted to Telegram by Russian independent outlet Novaya Gazeta, was created in memory of a 21-year-old soldier from the Buryatia republic in eastern Siberia, the outlet wrote in a post alongside the video.

Russian authorities have unveiled a monument to a soldier killed in Ukraine to the soundtrack of the dystopian 'Hunger Games' films, footage posted to social media shows.

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