In a video circulating on social media, several men can be seen at a conscription point in the Russian republic of Dagestan shouting at a recruiting officer that they have no reason to enlist because “this is not war, this is politics.”

men from Dagestan refuse to register and argue with a recruiting officerPhoto: video shooting

The footage shows a female recruitment officer telling men gathered outside the office who do not want to be registered that they must go to war to fight for their future.

“Why do we have to go to this war?” the man shouted

– “Because this is a war for our future!” – says the woman

– “We don’t have a present, what kind of future are we talking about,” the man answered

Another says:

“My grandfather fought for the Motherland!”

“There was a war in 1941-1945. Now it’s not war, it’s politics.”

Judging by the images shared on social networks, it seems that a protest is also brewing in Dagestan.

The first videos of Russian men being recorded since President Vladimir Putin ordered partial mobilization show sad men saying goodbye to their wives, girlfriends and children, as well as men looking happy, or at least relieved going to war.

Immediately after Putin’s speech on Wednesday morning, some anti-war activists called for nationwide protests, warning that once partial mobilization was announced, “war will come to every home” in Russia.

“Thousands of Russian men – our fathers, brothers and husbands – will be thrown into the meat grinder of war. What will they die for? What will mothers and children shed tears for?” – said in a statement published by the St. Petersburg youth movement Vesna.

Small-scale protests erupted in 39 cities across Russia, with authorities arresting more than 1,000 people by Wednesday evening, who were assaulted and brutalized by law enforcement even during peaceful protests.

Some of the men detained by law enforcement officers were ordered to join the army at police stations.

Imprisoned Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said during a court hearing in Kovrov that five million Russians will avoid military service after President Vladimir Putin announced 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.

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