(Reuters) Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev - After a major battle against U.S.-led forces in Syria's Deir al-Zor region on Feb. 7, 2018, in which 100 Russian military contractors were killed, Reuters has identified half a dozen instances where a Kremlin-linked private military organization returned bodies of fighters to their families more than seven weeks after the battle and with official documents bearing incorrect details. Such practices would have helped conceal heavy casualties until after President Putin's re-election in March.
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