Another interesting series at the festival is one taken at an elite Russian military academy for young women. We enter their daily routines, not just training with AK-47s, but also needlework, dance and choir singing. No mini-skirts allowed, and just one phone call a day. At this school founded by Putin, one of the rare encounters with the opposite sex takes place at a Winter Ball. Before joining the secret services, these young women, some still children, faced the camera of photojournalist Sergey Kozmin’s camera.
Jonas Cuénin
Sergey Kozmin, Girl Soldiers
Until June 30, 2012
at the Browse Fotofestival in Berlin
