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Caught up in concert shooting, a Russian woman said goodbye to the world

Caught up in concert shooting, a Russian woman said goodbye to the world

RUSSIAN artist Alyona Kazinskaya likes to fill her social media feed with cheerful messages and vivid floral paintings. For 30 minutes last Friday night, it turned into a timeline of terror. Kazinskaya and a friend had bought last-minute tickets to see Soviet-era rock group "Picnic" perform in front of 6,200 people at a concert hall near Moscow. They thought about taking their daughters but decided to go by themselves. It was at 8:01 p.m. that Kazinskaya posted a first 10-second audio message on her Telegram channel, sounding breathless and frightened as loud bursts of gunfire rang out. "I love you…
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Russian woman united with baby after COVID-19 C-section and 51 days on life support

Russian woman united with baby after COVID-19 C-section and 51 days on life support

A Russian woman who was admitted to hospital heavily pregnant and with what doctors said were potentially fatal levels of COVID-19 lung damage was reunited with her newborn baby after spending 51 days on a ventilator and giving birth by C-section. Oksana Shelomentseva was hospitalised in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in the 32nd week of her pregnancy, having had a high fever for three days. A scan showed catastrophic lung damage and that her unborn baby was not receiving enough oxygen. "My temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius and I battled with it for three days, but it became…
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