Imprisoned Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said during a court hearing in Kovrov that five million Russians will evade military service following President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of partial mobilization in Russia on Wednesday, Meduza reports, Rador reports. At the same time, an online petition against Putin’s decree on mobilization has already collected more than 70,000 signatures.
“I don’t understand one thing: there are a million people in the army, 350 thousand in the National Guard, another one and a half, up to two million in the Ministry of Internal Affairs… There are so many people in the federal army. The penitentiary service. What would the civilians like? That is, five million people (those who refuse incorporation, no) will disperse throughout the country, and a million policemen will run after them to mobilize them. Now some workers in Kovrov, men in their 30s, they will be called to fall somewhere near Kherson. This is something terrible. I think they will not be sent from Moscow (to the front, no). Summon 50,000 to Moscow, and tomorrow 150,000 of their relatives. will protest in the streets,” said Oleksiy Navalny.
Online petition against Putin’s decree on mobilization
In addition, a petition against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree on mobilization was published on Change.org on Wednesday, which has already collected more than 70,000 signatures, Meduza reports.
“We, the citizens of Russia, women and men, oppose general and partial mobilization. President Vladimir Putin does not have and cannot have legal grounds and reasonable grounds for issuing a decree (no mobilization). In the current situation of uncertainty, we are not ready expose the men of our country – brothers, sons, husbands, fathers and grandfathers – to moral or physical danger,” reads the text of the corresponding appeal. As of 12:00, the petition had been signed by 72,676 people.
More than 1,000 protesters were arrested on Wednesday during anti-mobilization rallies across Russia.
According to OVD-Info, more than 1,352 people were detained in 38 cities of Russia, most of them in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Source: Hot News RO
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