Hundreds of people were arrested in Moscow during protests against the partial mobilization. Now they should go to war.
The men arrested during anti-mobilization protests in Russia are said to have been called up for the war in Ukraine immediately after their arrest. The men received the relevant papers, reports the “Spiegel” with reference to the editor-in-chief of the Russian propaganda channel RT (formerly Russia Today), Margarita Simonyan. She wrote on Twitter: “All the men who took part in the anti-mobilization rally in the Arabat received more than 200 summonses to sign.”
Civil rights activists earlier reported that 200 men were arrested in Arabat, a street in Moscow’s historic center, during protests against the partial mobilization. People have also demonstrated in other cities, as photos and videos in independent media show. People took to the streets in the city of Khabarovsk in the far east of the country, as well as in Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Tomsk and Chita in Siberia, among others. Several recordings show them being led away by police officers.
Russia recruits fighters in prisons
According to media reports, the Russian army suffers from a lack of training for soldiers and a massive shortage of personnel. Recently, reports have been circulating that Russia is increasingly recruiting soldiers in prisons. A video that allegedly shows the Kremlin-affiliated oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin recruiting prison inmates caused a stir.
The video, shared by supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and some media outlets, shows a man appearing in front of prisoners and promising them release if they commit to serving as mercenaries in Ukraine for six months. However, he warns that the war is more difficult than in Chechnya. At the same time, he announces that prisoners are already deployed on the Russian side. “The first prisoners who fought with me were there on June 1 when the Wuhlehirsk thermal power plant was stormed. 40 people from Piter (St. Petersburg), criminals, recidivists,” he says.
Photo: n-tv.de
Prigozhin’s company Konkord did not want to comment on the authenticity of the video on Thursday, but said according to the state news agency Ria Novosti: “We can confirm that the man in the video looks a lot like Yevgeny Viktorovich.” The man supports the Russian “special operation” and is an excellent speaker, it was said. In the past, the media had repeatedly reported that Prigozchin was to finance the notorious mercenary unit “Wagner”.
Partial mobilization triggers the largest protests since the beginning of the war
The Kremlin has so far ruled out general mobilization in Russia – probably also for image reasons. After the announcement of partial mobilization, the first major protests since the beginning of the war broke out. The civil rights portal OVD-Info counted over 1,350 arrests in 38 cities in the country on Wednesday evening. According to this information, more than 500 demonstrators were taken into custody in Moscow.
Source: Stern
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