Russia's 'Black Widows' Marrying Soldiers For Their Death Benefits
- By Current Time,
- Andrey Cherkasov and
- Stuart Greer
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits. As RFE/RL's Andrey Cherkasov explains Russian social media, tabloids, and TV talk shows are full of accounts of the scams.