The evolution of Russia’s combat recruitment

The Naked Pravda explores how Russia’s mobilization drive is pressuring society and capturing men for the invasion of Ukraine. This episode features Project “Get Lost” creator and director Grigory Sverdlin, whose human rights group helps Russians evade the draft and leave Russia (among other things). For a geopolitical perspective on Moscow’s mobilization, Meduza spoke to Dr. Stefan Wolff, a professor of international security at the University of Birmingham in England and the cofounder of Navigating the Vortex, a newsletter on the geopolitical and geoeconomic context of events and developments around the world.

Timestamps for this episode

• (3:27) Project “Get Lost”
• (5:10) The challenges of avoiding mobilization
• (9:15) Consequences for ignoring a military summons
• (12:24) Military recruiter tactics
• (15:46) Mobilization’s social and demographic impact in Russia
• (29:35) The future of mobilization in Russia and Ukraine

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