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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Very interesting article on Russian finally creating a digital database to track those who are eligible for military service, aka mobilization.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...516559873.html
Explains why it was so "easy", relatively speaking, for those hundreds of thousands of people to leave without so much as a peep from border control. They seemingly had no issue letting men of fighting age leave, without question most of the time.
Next mobilization, if it happens again, is going to be rough for russians. |
Very interesting, although I wonder what (if any) are the implications for Russians already outside the country, like Pointman?
I can tell you anecdotally having been to Thailand and Bali recently, both places are full of Russians at the moment, living their best lives. Loads of fighting age men (often with their families). I'm sure some hate the war, and others support it (I haven't been speaking to them)... but they all seem unified in their desire to sit it out in a tropical paradise and wait for it all to blow over.
So are there going to be any repercussions for those who got out of Dodge as the bureaucracy slowly catches up?