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By Maria Tsvetkova GRECHANAYA BALKA, Russia (Reuters) - The family of the first Russian soldier confirmed dead in Syria buried their son in a village graveyard on Wednesday, with his father saying there were no signs on the body to support the official account he had hanged himself. Russian defense officials say Vadim Kostenko, 19, hanged himself at a base on the Syrian coast on Saturday because of problems in his personal life. "There were no marks on his body to suggest that he had hanged himself," Vadim's father, Alexander, told Reuters after his son's funeral in southern Russia.More...