Gonna link to an auto-translated article in the russian newspaper
"Novaya Gazeta", a critical, investigative newspaper, focusing on russian politics and social affairs.
Source in russian.
Auto-translated into english
“Mom, I love you, if there is a funeral, don’t believe right away”
How Russian soldiers got into the "special operation". And what are these soldiers
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“Everyone who refused to sign a contract was sent to their “rigging”, this is such a special training ground where you have to carry heavy boxes of ammunition all day long,” says Elena. - Many could not stand it and signed a contract just to return to normal conditions. My son's back hurt so much that he ended up in the hospital. And he decided that he would not return to the rigging from there, but would rather sign a contract. In addition, under the contract they promised decent earnings - 45 thousand rubles, and as a teacher in our district he would receive 1 minimum wage. The son signed. But I really wanted to leave the army as soon as possible.
Pavel signed a two-year contract in September 2021. The promised 45 thousand, according to Elena, he did not receive. His allowance was 27 thousand rubles.
“And it’s also good if they pass the standard for physical indicators, and if you don’t pass, it will be less by 5 thousand,” Elena clarifies. “And even from these earnings they were constantly collecting money: either for the repair of the barracks, or for gasoline, or for something else.
Not having served even a year, Pavel Abramov ended up on a “special operation” in Ukraine. Since then, his mother does not know at all where his son is, what is wrong with him, whether he is healthy and whether he is alive at all.
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It's a harrowing read about the ways Putler's Russia forces it's people into military service in a war they do not want to fight, only to abandon them the moment they cross the border.
"If you get shot up by an A6M Reisen and your plane splits into pieces - does that mean it's divided by Zero?
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