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Thief Returns To Scene Of Crime To Explain His Car Theft
Moscow AP reporter Barton Reppert recounts a man Sasha who stole and later returned to his apartment to explain his motive. Sasha describes drifting from job to job, legal troubles, and repeated encounters with Soviet justice, including time in a psychiatric hospital and prison as he sought to drive and work in Moscow and beyond. The piece paints a portrait of a young drifter amid regime regulation and limited information from state media.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
Moscow
Reppert
Sochi
Black Sea
Gilyarovskovo Street
Sasha
Tashkent
Central Asia