state prosecutor, employee of the prosecutor general's office kamil koshaev, now a pensioner.kashaev remembers all the details of the criminal case. vladimir kostyuchenko, a combat pilot. terrible losses, the exact figures are not mentioned on tv, but the country's leadership knows, 1,500 people died in the democratic republic of afghanistan, almost 700 returned home disabled. the soldiers who went through afghanistan hoped that they would be met at home. as heroes, but no one was waiting for the internationalists, healthy people could not find work, disabled people did not go for months received pensions. it was easy to recognize afghans in any city of the soviet union. a tattered field uniform, a striped vest, a panama hat, medals on their chests. and afghan soldiers, comrades in arms. not easy and not painless, happy new year, dear comrades, the end of the eighties, a difficult time for the country of total deficit, goods, essentials and a deep economic crisis, money is depreciating, grocery shelves are empty, the population is rapidly becoming poorer, cooperatives and stal

the state prosecutor, an employee of the prosecutor general's office, kamil koshaev, is now a pensioner. kashaev remembers all the details of the criminal case. vladimir kostyuchenko, a combat pilot who survived the explosion at the kotlikovo cemetery, knew the accused who died. our program gave the opportunity speak out. to all the defendants and witnesses of this high-profile criminal case. let's remember 1989. the soviet union withdraws its troops from afghanistan. this becomes the main event for the great country. more than half a million of our soldiers and officers have paid their international debt in the rebellious republic. there is not a single soviet soldier, officer, or warrant officer behind me, i also want to say that our soldiers, well , we need to erect monuments, probably so, 10 years of war brings terrible losses, the exact figures are not mentioned on tv, but the leadership country knows, the democratic republic of afghanistan died. 15,000 people, almost 7.00 returned home disabled. the soldiers who went through afghanistan hoped that they would be greeted as heroes a

state prosecutor, employee of the prosecutor general's office kamil koshaev, now a pensioner. kashaev remembers all the details of the criminal case. vladimir kostyuchenko, a combat pilot who survived the explosion at... knew the accused who died. our program gave an opportunity for all the defendants and witnesses of this high-profile criminal case to speak out. let's remember 1989. the soviet union withdraws its troops from afghanistan. this becomes the main event for a great country. international duty. more than half a million of our soldiers and officers were given up in the rebellious republic, there is not a single soviet soldier, officer, or warrant officer behind me, i also want to say that our soldiers, well, we need to erect monuments, probably so, 10 years of war brings terrible losses, for sure. returned home as invalids. soldiers, those who went through afghanistan hoped that they would be greeted as heroes at home, but... no one was waiting for the soldiers, the healthy could not find work, the disabled did not receive pensions for months. it was easy to recogni