Excessive workload have in the last few days Lawyers at Russia as they receive requests from customers where they are seeking legal advice so they can avoid conscription ordered by Putin.
Lawyers and civil society organizations say that ehave been inundated with requests for help since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 that 300,000 people would be drafted to strengthen their military forces invade Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have already taken refuge in neighboring countries such as Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland.
Many others, according to APE-MPE, remain in Russia and are hiding from recruitment agency officials, hoping that they will not be detected or that they can opt out.
“We work day and nightsays Sergey Krivenko, head of a group of ten lawyers called Citizen-Military-Law.
“People are cut off from their normal lives. It is an unscheduled conscription during a war. It could take months or years. People may not come back…It is almost impossible to avoid the army. The only way is death, injury or prison for disobeying orders,” he explains.
THE implementation of the conscription order is chaotic. Although advertised as recruiting those with military experience and expertise, in many cases it ignores each individual’s military background, health, academic standing, and even age.
Last week Putin acknowledged that mistakes were made and said they should be fixed. “For example, I am thinking of fathers with many children or those suffering from chronic diseases or those who have passed military age,” Putin said.
The governor of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East said on Monday that the region’s military commissar had been fired after half of the conscripts were sent home because they did not meet the criteria.
‘Get out of Russia now’: Social media tips to avoid conscription
Tips on how to avoid conscription are circulating on social media along with forms to fill out for medical exemption or information on how to become a conscientious objector.
Human rights lawyer Pavel Chikov said yesterday that he and his team have delivered advisory webinars to 10,000 company employees.
His followers on the Telegram messaging app more than tripled to 466,000 in the past two weeks.
Alongside the stories about men who should have been exempted from conscriptionbut they were called to present themselvesspring up like mushrooms.
“Those who come to us are panicked. They don’t realize what’s going on. They invite anyone. And the law allows them to recruit everyone,” Krivenko explains.
Dmitry Luchenko, director of a company that offers legal advice and information, says: “The best way to avoid conscription is to leave Russia immediately.”
The second best way is to hide, says. “Avoid signing subpoenas…avoid recruiting offices. The legal penalties for not going are a small fine and I don’t know of anyone who has been fined,” he adds.
26-year-old Kirill from southern Russia says he doesn’t want to give up his pets and that’s why he’s hiding, is paid in cash and does not live at the address the military considers his permanent residence. “They can’t take me that easily,” he says.
Lawyer Alexey Tabalov wrote on his Facebook page that young people and women have turned to him for help to a much greater extent than older men, and those older men, who consulted him, were often more fatalistic and obedient towards women. authorities.
“At the same time, we see a lot of men going voluntarily to military bases. I want to shout – why did you go? Run, run, as far as you can! But no, they stand and wait reverently. What are they waiting for?’ he wonders.
Source: News Beast
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