Vladimir Putin in a meeting with the head of the Russian Financial Supervisory Authority, Yuri Chikhanchin, this week. Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / AP / NTB
Young Russian men are being abducted from the streets and forced into the army, as Vladimir Putin signs a decree to increase the number of soldiers by 170,000.
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It is the independent Russian media Mediazona which reports that Russian men are again at risk of being picked up on the street and forcibly sent to the army.
– They are picked up from their homes, detained at metro stations or picked up from universities. In the last couple of weeks, there have been more and more reports of people of military age being forcibly sent for registration and enlistment in the army, writes Mediazona.
They quote human rights activists that this has “escalated like crazy” recently.
A frigate in the Russian Black Sea Fleet fires a missile at Ukrainian military infrastructure, says the Russian Defense Ministry’s caption for this photo, which was published last Wednesday. Photo: RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / Reuters / NTB
This is happening at the same time as Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree decree An official decision from the president. which intends to increase recruitment – so that they increase by 170,000 soldiers to 1.3 million.
At the same time, the authorities claim that there are no plans to change conscription or introduce other mobilization measuresmobilization measuresMeasures that are being used to bring in soldiers and organize military forces for war.
In autumn 2022, Putin ordered a “partial mobilisation” in which 300,000 soldiers were brought in. It was anything but popular, and led to tens of thousands of Russians fleeing their homeland.
Fashion clothes with Vladimir Putin as the theme from “Six&Eight” were presented in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Photo: OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP / NTB
On Friday, VG told about women protesting against the Kremlin, because these men still haven’t come home – 14–15 months later.
Russian Ministry of Defense explains in a statement that the reason why the number of soldiers is now being increased is the “special operation” in Ukraine and “the ongoing expansion of NATONATOInternational defense alliance which consists of member states from North America and Europe, including the United States. A total of 31 countries at the moment.”
At the same time, the media write about how young men are recruited into the army against their will.
Student Sergej Komarov (20) was picked up at home, arrested and taken to a recruitment office in Moscow. There he was deprived of his phone and passport and sent to the army. Mediazona claims he has major mental problems. 26-year-old Roman was arrested at a metro station in Moscow and taken to the recruitment office. There he was declared fit for duty, although according to his father he has serious health problems, writes the Telegram channel «Ostorozjno, Moskva».23-year-old Maksim from Belgorod was captured at the Prospekt Mira metro station in Moscow. He was later released thanks to the help of a lawyer. Andrei Lebedev, a philology student at Moscow State University, was reportedly taken out of class, medically examined and sent to a military camp, according to SOTA.Published:
Published: 02.12.23 at 02:01
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