How Russia is rounding up reluctant army recruits for Ukraine
Al JazeeraPolice accused of raiding hostels, homeless shelters and student dormitories in desperate attempt to boost the military. But they said we all have to go to the office anyway, just to check if anyone’s an evader,” he told Al Jazeera, now back at home in Bashkortostan. “Once we got there, four of us were taken aside and told, ‘That’s it, now, you’re mobilised.’” Marcel, who asked to be identified only by his first name, provided Al Jazeera with his complaint letter and footage filmed on his phone of the night in question, as evidence of his experience. Later, we went back to the hostel for our things, the four of us accompanied by four policemen – under guard, you could say – and back to the draft office.” A few young men whose criminal records made them ineligible for duty were released, as other would-be draftees arrived from another hostel. “I’m in the heart of Moscow right now and they’re not catching anyone near the metro,” 33-year-old Andrey told Al Jazeera.
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