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Russian Man Imprisoned for 'Terrorist' Military Enlistment Arson Attack

A Russian court has issued the country’s first prison sentence on terrorism charges for an arson attack on a military recruitment office, state agencies ...

opinion Farida Rustamova and Maxim Tovkaylo

Will Putin Announce Another Round of Mobilization?

Talk of a second mobilization wave in Russia has been on everyone’s lips in recent weeks. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov claimed it...

military disarray

Russian Troops Claim Commander Threatened ‘Desertion’ Case After Retreat

Prosecutors in the Yaroslavl region are reviewing claims made by mobilized Russian soldiers in Ukraine that their superiors ordered them to retreat and...

opinion Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

How the Kremlin Is Taking Aim at its Russian Critics in Exile

The Kremlin is busy developing a new strategy to deal with the unprecedented recent wave of emigration that has seen hundreds of thousands of people decide...

Senior Russia Lawmaker Denies End to Mobilization Deferment For Fathers

A senior Russian lawmaker on Friday denied that the Russian military had canceled the right to mobilization deferment for fathers of three or more...

conscientious objector

Russian Soldier Jailed for 5 Years for Refusing To Fight in Ukraine

A Russian court has sentenced a 24-year-old professional soldier to five years in prison for refusing to fight in Ukraine, officials said Thursday. The...

Russian Tech Giant VK Orders Workers to Return From Abroad – Report

Updates with clarification from VK source. Russian tech giant VK Group is demanding its employees based abroad return to the country as lawmakers consider...

military discipline

Russian Conscript Sentenced to 5-and-a-Half Years for Beating Officer

A conscript in the Russian army who pushed and swore at his superior officer on a parade ground in the Moscow region last year was sentenced to five-and-a-half...

Five Russians Fleeing War Stranded in Seoul's Incheon Airport – Report

Five Russian nationals who all separately fled Russia’s autumn mobilization drive hoping to find a safe haven in South Korea have been stuck in limbo...

2022 in Photos: How Putin's Ukraine Gamble Became a Quagmire

The past year has been almost entirely dominated by the seismic repercussions of Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine on Feb....

fleeing the draft

Kazakhstan Reportedly Returns Former Presidential Guard to Russia

Kazakhstan has deported a Russian citizen who fled Russia’s mobilization drive this fall in the first known case of Astana returning a draft dodger...

fringe benefits

Russian State to Fund Sperm Freezing for Mobilized Soldiers

Russian reservists called up to fight in Ukraine as part of Russia's recent mobilization drive will be eligible for free sperm-freezing procedures, state-run...

raising questions

Putin Forms Mobilization Task Force Featuring Military Bloggers

President Vladimir Putin established a task force Tuesday to coordinate work between the government and pro-war military bloggers on Russia&rsquo...

Moscow Says 100K IT Specialists Have Left Russia This Year

Around 100,000 IT specialists have left Russia this year, an official said Tuesday, following the start of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine...

Ex-Presidential Guard Who Fled Russian Draft Faces Extradition, Jail

A former Russian presidential guard who fled President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization now faces extradition from neighboring Kazakhstan on charges...

BBC Investigation Verifies Deaths of 10,000 Russian Troops in Ukraine

The Russian military has sustained over 10,000 verifiable deaths in the course of its nine-month invasion of Ukraine, according to open-source research...

In Photos: Russia's Autumn Round of Military Conscription Gets Underway

Russia's autumn round of military conscription began a month later than usual this year due to the country's "partial" mobilization drive and is scheduled...

Conscription Drive

Widow Claims Russian Officer Killed Himself Due to Mobilization Pressure

The widow of a Russian colonel who shot himself at a conscription center in the Russian Far East earlier this month has blamed his suicide on the pressure...

Death Toll for Russian Soldiers in Ukraine at Least 9,300 – BBC

At least 9,311 Russian soldiers have died since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine nine months ago, according to an independent investigation conducted...

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Putin Meets With Carefully Selected Group of Soldiers' Mothers

Ahead of Mother’s Day celebrations in Russia on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin met with the mothers of soldiers recently called up to serve in...

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