Shanta even marched into the Foreign and Home Ministries, clutching a plastic envelope of documents and pictures, and demanding answers.
A Russian officer sent a relative a message: “Your brother was buried on 14 July at 12:50 at Navo-Talisty’s cemetery, Ivanovo, Russia.
Her family is Hindu and believes the soul can be released from the body only by cremation.
She wants to travel to the Russian cemetery, 200 miles from Moscow, and bring home her brother’s remains.
But Nepali officials in Moscow told her the Russian Army would not allow this.
Persons:
Shanta, “, ” Shanta, Thomas Gibbons, Neff
Organizations:
Foreign, Home Ministries, Russian Army
Locations:
Navo, Talisty’s, Ivanovo, Russia, Moscow, London