Non-Russian citizens in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk are receiving mobilization orders, despite the fact that partial mobilization has ended, and despite the fact that they do not have Russian passports or even residence permits, which should make them ineligible, an independent Russian platform reported. of SOTA news, according to independent researcher Chris Owen.

Thus, SOTA informs that the employees of the sugar factory in Cheleabinsk today, on December 1, the management of the factory handed over summonses for mobilization with the demand to participate in the Military Committee.

Among those who received summonses were citizens of Belarus and Uzbekistan, who, as SOTA notes, do not have “Russian passports and even residence permits.”

“I can’t afford not to go. After all, I am threatened with dismissal, and almost all the other guys have already gone home. The foreman says that there is a decree of Putin against which even non-citizens of the Russian Federation are being mobilized. They tell me that you will not be sent to war, but that your data will be checked, but I am still afraid,” says a person who works at an oil refinery.

The source likely has good reason to be afraid, especially if they don’t have a residence permit: Other migrants said they were given a choice between mobilization or risking deportation from Russia.

Many migrants from Moscow were allegedly recruited by force, SOTA reports.

The SOTA notes that this may also have been the cause of an armed attack on a Russian army training ground by two forcibly recruited Tajiks on October 15, in which 27 mobilized Russians were shot dead, 11 reportedly killed. The Tajiks were detained in Moscow and soon returned to study.

The covert mobilization continues, although it has already been declared complete

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on November 28 that the “partial mobilization” announced in September had ended, and the mobilization plan of 300,000 reservists had been achieved.

Nevertheless, Russian officials are continuing their covert mobilization even as fall conscription continues, likely to further strain Russia’s already overburdened military formation apparatus in a way that will harm both recruits and conscripts, Institute for the Study of War ( ISW) shows in the last estimate.

In recent weeks, Russian Telegram channels have discussed signs that the Kremlin is preparing for a second wave of mobilization.

They shared an image of a draft summons received by a St. Petersburg resident who was allegedly told to report for mobilization in January 2023, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that partial mobilization would be officially ended on October 31.

Nationalist military bloggers reported that general mobilization will begin in December-January.

On November 18, an independent Russian TV channel published an investigation in which they testify that state structures and enterprises continue to prepare their employees for mobilization by sending them to various educational programs and training courses related to mobilization.