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Sergei, 10, cycles in the abandoned military garrison town Mirnaya, 160 km from the Russian border with China. Russia pulled out its army after a border agreement was reached in 2004 with China. The local economy, which has depended on the military, plunged.

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Sergei, 10, cycles in the abandoned military garrison town Mirnaya, 160 km from the Russian border with China. Russia pulled out its army after a border agreement was reached in 2004 with China. The local economy, which has depended on the military, plunged.