cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/52382643
Vladimir Putin’s mobilisation decree from September 2022 left soldiers with three legal exits from the army: turning 65, certified ill-health, or a prison sentence. The first applies to almost no one; the second is, in practice, near impossible: the military medical commissions that decide such things are not in the business of letting people go.
With losses mounting and conditions at the front deteriorating, a growing number of men are now trying to be charged with desertion; it sounds grotesque, but they see no other option but to beg investigators for “mercy” and paying for lawyers’ services to fight for “the right” to be imprisoned. The military, short of bodies for the front, has other ideas.
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Thanks for sharing. Every piece of information helps. BTW - I never get tired of mentioning this:
Mediazona (Russian: Медиазона) is a Russian independent media outlet which focuses on the law enforcement, judiciary and the penitentiary system in Russia. It was launched by Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in 2014, after they served their sentence following the Pussy Riot trial.
The chutzpah! And apparently they’re still operating from Russia, although their wikipedia page reads like that cannot be possible.
Have they tried murdering their commanders?
I think Russian command knows damn well how demoralized their conscripts are, and how to viciously prevent desertion and fragging. They have historical experience running penal legions.
Ukraine is still running the ‘I want to live hotline’. Give them a call for help.
The impression does not leave me that he would fight if the situation would be much in favour for Russia and the treatment at the front by the commanders way better. But perhaps I missed a critical sentence in the article.
