In a remote Siberian village, this Russian student climbs trees to get internet 

The World

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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