Alexei Malov’s dream was to own a white Lada.
When his family in the Saratov region received a payment in compensation for their son’s death fighting in Ukraine, it went to buy just the car he’d wanted, according to a report aired on Russian state television last year.
The father then goes to take it for the first drive — to the cemetery.
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