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Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine
The Washington Post ^ | October 16, 2022 | Robyn Dixon and Natalia Abbakumova

Posted on 10/16/2022 12:31:30 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this past week unannounced. They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw. Some musicians, rehearsing. A courier there to deliver a parcel. A man from a Moscow service agency, very drunk, in his mid-50s, with a walking disability.

“I have no idea why they took him,” said Alexei, who, like dozens of others in the office complex, was rounded up and taken to the nearest military enlistment office, part of a harsh new phase in the Russian drive.

In cities and towns across Russia, men of fighting age are going into hiding to avoid the officials who are seizing them and sending them to fight in Ukraine.

Police and military press-gangs in recent days have snatched men off the streets and outside Metro stations. They’ve lurked in apartment building lobbies to hand out military summonses. They’ve raided office blocks and hostels. They’ve invaded cafes and restaurants, blocking the exits.

At a predawn sweep on the Mipstroy1 construction company dormitories on Thursday, they took more than 200 men. On Oct. 9, they rounded up dozens at a Moscow shelter for the homeless.

The press-gangs appear to descend at random. It is terrifying — and, at times, comically haphazard. Alexei, a 30-something pacifist, lives with his cat and, until he was hauled off, enjoyed hanging out with friends in bars, cafes and parks, going to concerts and planning his next holiday in Europe. (He and others in this report spoke on the condition that his last name be withheld out of concern for his safety. The Washington Post has confirmed the raid, but could not independently verify the details he provided.)

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To: Organic Panic
LOL!

Can you afford the child support?

-PJ

61 posted on 10/16/2022 4:04:33 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Timber Rattler

“ “I have no idea why they took him,” said Alexei, who, like dozens of others in the office complex, was rounded up and taken to the nearest military enlistment office, part of a harsh new phase in the Russian drive.”

They have a quota.

Numbers count to them, not quality. That’s someone else’s job.


62 posted on 10/16/2022 4:20:47 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: everyone
The Washington Post has confirmed the raid, but could not independently verify the details he provided.)
63 posted on 10/16/2022 4:37:25 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Timber Rattler

There was an article a while ago about Ukrainian military raiding night clubs in Kiev recruiting draft dodgers.


64 posted on 10/16/2022 4:39:57 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Organic Panic

What do the Russian conscripts have?
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Defending Russian soil. If you haven’t heard, the Donbass ( ethnic Russian territory) is now part of Mother Russia.When the Ukies stated shelling the Donbass back in 2015, the area was always forefront in Russian news . Three movies were made about it, of course the Western MSM never reported it.

Do keep in mind, Vlad calling 300,000 prior servicemen was met with an additional 70,000 Ivans answering the call ( of course western MSM media never reported that). Point, Russia is not collapsing, their resolve is still very strong. Many young Russians are able and willing to follow their President.


65 posted on 10/16/2022 4:46:32 PM PDT by delta7
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To: PIF

I am sure it rivals our meth crisis here in the US.


66 posted on 10/16/2022 4:47:44 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Worldwide problem. Vlad made it a point to check Ukie soldiers blood ( both dead and captured) , most all had narcotics ( and many communicable disease) much written on that ( non western news). No surprise, the corrupted little comedian Zelensky was a known coke user.


67 posted on 10/16/2022 5:10:58 PM PDT by delta7
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To: kiryandil

You know there are more than one side. One can be against Russia & Iran and against the war hawks in the US. Most people with brains know this.


68 posted on 10/16/2022 5:19:29 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: for-q-clinton
You know there are more than one side... Most people with brains know this.

Enough said.

69 posted on 10/16/2022 5:30:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Timber Rattler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry51OGhVPlU&t=3s

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for October 15, 2022

- Elon Musk placed temporarily on notorious Ukrainian kill list;
- US aid to Ukraine continues to dwindle;
- NATO air defense project spans years and unlikely to help Ukraine in short-term;
- Ukraine's offensives are increasingly depleted quickening arrival at inflection point when irreversible Russian advances begin;

70 posted on 10/16/2022 5:34:05 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: delta7

Then why now? Not 100 years ago when the lines were drawn after ww1? The whole situation stinks and, yes, the agreements in 2014, should have been honored. But Russia’s military invasion is BS. The people of Donbas etc were not protesting to leave Ukraine and join Russia. Just as the Ossetians of Georgia. Putin smelled Biden’s chomo weakness and invaded for ego. His troops’ morale is dog feces. Like I said, regardless of the Zalensky the Ukrainian military and people can at least rally around defending their territory. Russia can not.


71 posted on 10/16/2022 5:37:23 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: detch

Sure it does. Just like any criticism of Russia.


72 posted on 10/16/2022 5:54:31 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

“”I remember the same thing in a slightly different manner happening circa 1960’s USA.””

The draft ran from 1940 through 1973, those drafted were turned into full soldiers with all the schools and gear, and jobs that enlistees did, once drafted they were indistinguishable from enlistees.


73 posted on 10/16/2022 7:43:44 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: delta7

75,000 people died of Fentanyl poisoning this year so far. Meth? Not so much.

Its a Fentanyl crisis.


74 posted on 10/17/2022 4:34:20 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Paul R.

Yup. That is what the Soviet rape machine was doing. Killing the old men and raping every woman and girl, regardless of age. They raped children 10 years old and 80+ year old women. Gang rape caused many women to die from the abuse. Thousands of women in eastern Germany who were brutally raped committed suicide. No win situation for them. But, you know, I know that stuff is bad, but these people elected Hitler and allowed him to gain all that authority and his criminal horde continued to gain members and they turned out to be a murdering band themselves by killing over 60 million people, including 6 million Jews, of which 1.5 million were children!!


75 posted on 10/17/2022 3:15:31 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are rapidly gaining on the END of time on this earth. Come to Jesus now. Before it is to late.)
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