In Russia, it seems that a “campaign” has begun to prepare society for a new wave of mobilization after the so-called association of “Soldiers’ Widows” appealed to President Vladimir Putin with a request for a general mobilization in the country and a ban on men of conscription age leaving Russia. The Moscow Times and Agerpres reported on Tuesday.

“We ask our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to allow the army to conduct a large-scale mobilization that corresponds to the situation on our borders,” reads the appeal of the so-called “widows” posted on the organization’s Telegram channel. .

The authors of the text also demand to “ban men of entry age from leaving the country.” “We have a full moral right to this: our men died protecting them, but who will protect us if they escape,” the “widows” association explains.

“Putin must be guided by Stalin”

As for mobilization, Putin is asked to be guided by Stalin, who “didn’t think about any popularity rating in the polls, nor about dissident discontent,” looking only for victory.

At the end of their address, the authors emphasize that this is “our prayer, our decision and our request!”. “And we believe that the authorities will hear us!”, the “widows” conclude.

There is no public information about the founders of this organization, nor about its representatives, notes The Moscow Times. The first message in the Telegram channel of the relevant organization is dated December 5. In total, “Soldier’s Widows” have 1,800 subscribers.

In the following posts, the authors of the project acknowledge their closeness to the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, which offers “intensive assistance” in the preparation of legal responses to the appeals of military widows.

Already used movement: “direct appeal of the population”

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) Kyrylo Budanov previously stated that the Russian authorities may start a new wave of mobilization immediately after the New Year: on January 5 or 9, according to his estimates. to the cited publication.

The Russian army, Budanov said, “does not have enough fighting forces” to compensate for the “significant losses” suffered by Ukraine and to form new military units.

In this sense, the well-known independent Russian publicist Stanislav Belkovsky, who self-exiled in Israel after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said on Tuesday that more and more information aimed at justifying and justifying the need to strengthen the military potential of the Russian Federation appears in space in recent days as agent.

Most likely, the Kremlin is preparing to use an already used tactic, “direct appeal of the population” to Putin, he says. Belkovsky believes that the so-called “Soldier’s Widows” association was created in the Kremlin to implement this idea, reports the Ukrainian edition “Dialog”.

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