After Putin launched his expanded invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces evacuated many residents from the war zone and placed them in what are known as “temporary accommodation centers.” Now, four years later, officials concede, there are more than 23,000 people in these places (tass.ru/obschestvo/26461721). 

Initially, these people were put in municipal hotels and sanatoria in small cities far from Moscow; but........

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