In the remote Russian village of Stankevichi, in Siberia, student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths — or rather, great heights — to attend classes online. To attend zoom meetings for class, Dudoladov has had to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village. But now he’s pushing back. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports.
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