Many Russians seek ways out as call-up orders arrive


  • World
  • Thursday, 22 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a street near a board with a portrait of a Russian service member Vyacheslav Kabitskiy in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Moments after President Vladimir Putin called up 300,000 reservists on Wednesday in Russia's first such mobilisation since World War Two, a human rights lawyer said citizens had already started getting orders to enlist.

In St Petersburg, Pavel Chikov said recruitment offices had handed packs of conscription papers to homeowners' associations.

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