“Driven to war like a herd”: how Putin will attract people to mobilize

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The autumn conscription began in Russia/Collage 24 Channel

The autumn conscription began in Russia on October 1. It may become another opportunity for Vladimir Putin to replenish human reserves at the front.

This is the opinion of24 Channelexpressed by Russian opposition politician Gennady Gudkov. According to him, Putin continues his brutal plan for waging war, using the death of Russian soldiers and officers for this purpose.

Driven to war like a herd

Young and inexperienced guys will be encouraged to sign contracts and a certain proportion of them will probably do so. This will be an additional strengthening of the mobilization that is taking place in Russia for money. Moreover, payments are now growing, including for death.

They are driven to war like a herd and this conscription is also used for additional mobilization. These young guys will find themselves in a situation where they are persuaded to sign a contract, they are promised that they will stand on the 2nd – 3rd line, will never be on the front line, but will only load cartridges in the deep rear, – said Gennady Gudkov.

The Russian authorities will try to conscript as many people as possible. All of them will find themselves in conditions where they will have to serve conditionally for a year for free, take risks, hazing and discrimination in the army have also not been canceled.

“The shock effect that young guys entering the army will feel will be used to sign contracts,” the Russian opposition politician emphasized.

Gudkov explained how mobilization will take place in Russia: watch the video

As with those who should be demobilized

According to Gudkov, such people will be persuaded in every possible way to stay in the army. Now Russians are recruited thanks to payments, but, as a rule, people from depressed regions or those with debts agree to this. However, such a reserve is exhaustive.

They will psychologically work through those being fired and those joining. There will be a moment when they will try to drive someone to the front,” Gudkov said.

As soon as the human resource that comes for money runs out, then big changes await Russians. Many of the so-called “prosperous regions” of Russia have not yet felt the impact of the war, so far they are not touched so that a wave of discontent does not arise, which the authorities are still afraid of.

“But when the resources for money run out, they use and “This option. Everything has already been thought of for him: long sentences for evading service, the inability to leave without a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office, different registries. Resources are running out, so I think a forced mobilization campaign is not far off,” Gudkov emphasized.

Mobilization in Russia: what is known

• Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the start of the autumn conscription from October 1, 2023. According to the document, 130 thousand people are planning to be drafted. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces says that they have no plans to carry out additional mobilization activities, because supposedly in the war against Ukraine there are enough people willing to serve under contract.
• In his latest statements, Putin convinces that in recent months the number of volunteers has increased Russia is almost 300 thousand people. He also fantasizes that “conscious” men come to the military registration and enlistment offices every day, who know “what they are ready to give their lives for.”
• Russia is trying in every possible way to replenish personnel for the war in Ukraine. In particular, the terrorist state uses migrants and the poorest population from allied countries for this purpose. The published materials prove that Russia involved 198 militants with Cuban citizenship in the war against Ukraine.