Russian governors criticise unnecessarily massive scale of mobilisation

SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2022, 20:42

So far three governors of Russian regions have criticised military enlistment offices for mobilising everyone, even those who are not subject to conscription. These governors have been joined by the so-called head of Sevastopol [the main city in temporarily occupied Crimea - ed.].

Source: Meduza 

Details: Aysen Nikolayev, the head of Yakutia, was the first to state that military enlistment offices were mobilising citizens who did not meet the criteria of the Ministry of Defence. Next to object was the governor of Magadan Oblast, Sergey Nosov. They were followed by Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russia-appointed "head" of Sevastopol, who said he was going to "deal with those who have been mobilised by mistake".

Now Aleksandr Avdeyev, the governor of Vladimir Oblast, has reported that military enlistment offices have mobilised some citizens "by mistake". According to Avdeyev, they should return home. 

According to Meduza’s information, there have also been cases of citizens being unlawfully mobilised in Saratov, Volgograd and Nizhegorodsk oblasts and in the Republic of Buryatia.

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