Mobilization in Russia More Likely than Ever: ‘Men Will Be Plucked Off the Street Left and Right’

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Now that rumors of an impending mobilization in Russia are growing stronger, Russian parliamentarians and even former President Dimitri Medvedev feel the need to publicly refute those stories. Nevertheless, a mobilization is imminent, after Putin secured his quiet re-election on September 20, says correspondent Joost Bosman. "The rumors are now more likely than they have ever been in the past four years."

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Young people are again leaving Russia en masse, fearing mobilization in September. According to various sources, the Russian authorities, concerned about the situation at the front, are going to conduct a large-scale mobilization immediately after the elections to the State Duma and recruit from 300,000 to 500,000 people into the army. Preparations for this process are already underway: tens of thousands of people are receiving mobilization inst…