Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, whose elegant dresses gave Russian fashion a star in the constellation of international haute couture, died Tuesday in Moscow at the age of 59. The cause of death was oncology, which he had been battling since 2016. Yudashkin was born in a small town outside Moscow.
Odd decisions by the post-Soviet military leadership and Putin with regard to Russian military uniforms have resulted in deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine from hyperthermia.