Russia’s Ministry of Defense claims that itishniks and other workers with higher education will be exempted from mobilization, but a video that has gone viral in Russia proves otherwise.

The ministry, headed by Sergei Shoigu, said in a press release on Friday that people in “key positions” in Russia’s IT, financial and communications sectors would be exempted from the partial mobilization announced on Wednesday.

“In order to ensure the functioning of certain high-tech industries, as well as the financial system of the Russian Federation, it was decided not to hire citizens with higher education in the relevant specialties” of these professions, according to a widespread press release. Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Viktor Bugrev, an IT specialist at Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, released a video saying he received the registration order on September 21, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at 8 a.m. that he had issued a partial mobilization decree.

The Russian IT company received an order to register in Moscow

In the video, 32-year-old Bugrev said that he received a summons from the RAC of the Savelovsky district of Moscow, despite the fact that he had never served in the army, had not completed military service and had not completed his specialty. to the battlefield.

The recording he published was picked up by the Telegram channel “Attention, news!”, from where it became viral.

As reported by Meduza, “Caution, news!” Two hours later, with reference to Bugreev’s wife, he announced that the personnel service of the Russian capital postponed the decision on the mobilization of the e-tishnik “due to the resonance that arose in social networks around this case.”

“They said that they will look for a place for him as an IT specialist in the Territorial Defense Forces in Moscow,” the man’s wife said, adding that on Friday he was again asked to appear before the conscription commission to check his documents.

Fear that Russia is hiding the real number of mobilized

Even before the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia faced a real outflow of IT specialists and other graduates with higher education, this issue was also discussed in the country’s Security Council at the end of July.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday, right after Vladimir Putin’s speech, that the military leadership would mobilize 300,000 reservists, but he assured that they would not be sent to fight in Ukraine, but would only defend Russian territory.

However, Novaya Gazeta, headed by Nobel laureate Dmytro Muratov, reported on Thursday, citing a Kremlin source, that a secret clause in the mobilization decree actually calls for the incorporation of a million people.

A source in President Putin’s administration, who agreed to speak with Novaya Gazeta journalists on the condition of anonymity, says that initially it was considered to withdraw the entire decree “for official use”, this position was supported by representatives of the Ministry of Defense. .

According to the source, in the end it was decided only to hide point 7, which refers to the true number of those subject to mobilization.

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