‘I stared death in the face!’ On board the Trans-Siberian, a 9000-km journey through an exhausted Russia.
‘On Board the Trans-Siberian’ (1/2). In late December 2025 and early 2026, on the train linking Moscow to Vladivostok, soldiers returning from Ukraine cross paths with cautious travellers, careful about what they say.
Beyond the Urals, propaganda posters attempt by every possible means to recruit new soldiers.

‘I stared death in the face!’ On board the Trans-Siberian, a 9000-km journey through an exhausted Russia.
‘On Board the Trans-Siberian’ (1/2). In late December 2025 and early 2026, on the train linking Moscow to Vladivostok, soldiers returning from Ukraine cross paths with cautious travellers, careful about …