Brief version of the news
- Sergey Zhirnov pointed out that the mobilization of Russian society after the terrorist attack does not occur, and only patriotic telegram channels support the Kremlin’s version of Ukraine’s guilt.
- Western intelligence agencies have confirmed that ISIS is to blame for the Crocus City Hall shooting, but Putin claims that Ukraine was the organizer.
- Statistics show that the number of Russians who want to serve in the army is decreasing, from 1500 per day to 1000, which does not allow the army to recover losses in Ukraine.
- Information about an increase in those wishing to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense on a contract basis against the backdrop of the terrorist attack turned out to be propaganda.
The terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, which killed 145 people, deeply affected Russian society. At the same time, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, after the shooting in the Moscow region, the number of Russians who want to sign a contract and go to fight in Ukraine allegedly increased.
Ex-employee of the KGB and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Zhirnov told 24 Channel that in fact it is impossible to notice the mobilization of Russian society after the terrorist attack. If it mobilized, it was only on certain patriotic telegram channels that work out the official version of the Kremlin that Ukraine is allegedly behind the terrorist attack.
Barely recovering losses
At the same time, Western intelligence services confirm that the shooting at Crocus City Hall was carried out by ISIS, and it is her ISIS-Khorasan cell.
Vladimir Putin also agreed with this. He said that ISIS were the perpetrators, and Ukraine was allegedly the “organizer.” Since he voiced this, he cannot go back and continues to repeat the same thing,” explained the ex-KGB officer.
As for the increase in those who want to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense Russia, then according to statistical data to which specialized publications have access, on the contrary the influx of Russians into the army is decreasing.
If earlier they recruited 1500 per day, now this figure has dropped to 1000. This number of mobilized people barely allows the Russian army to restore the losses it suffers in Ukraine, Zhirnov explained.
At the same time, those who have now been taken into the ranks of the Russian army will appear at the front in a few months, because they need to be equipped, trained, taught something, and transferred to the front.
Therefore, these are more propaganda narratives, the ex-KGB employee believes, which the Kremlin needs. They are distributed through propaganda telegram channels – they are paid money for this. However, they will not write the truth that wives of Russian conscripts are demanding that their husbands be returned home and are organizing protests about this.
< p>“If Russia can recruit 1500 mobilized per day, why isn't there a rotation of those who fight? In fact, it is easy to prove that narratives of the Kremlin propagandistsv is a lie,” summed up Sergei Zhirnov.
Mobilization in Russia: what is known
- After the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on April 3 that the number of those who want to go to the front in Ukraine on a contract basis has allegedly increased .
- Allegedly, within 10 days, 16 thousand Russians expressed a desire to sign contracts for military service. Also, most of them allegedly named the motive for concluding the contract as “revenge” for the victims in Crocus City Hall. that this information is propaganda. In fact, Russians have only two motivations to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense: the opportunity to get money and to kill and rape with impunity.
- Podolyak added that in Russia, despite the insane pressure of propaganda , there are doubts about even remote involvement of Ukraine in the terrorist attack near Moscow.
