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Binge drinking, prison and loony bin — how Russians evade mobilization or avoid, at least, deployment to the front (web.archive.org)

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Young Russians shared their strategies for evading combat: one individual became a defendant in a criminal case, another sought refuge in a psychiatric clinic, and a third, originally from the Luhansk region and having fled the war in Donbass to Russia in 2014, has successfully resisted being dispatched from his unit for several months.

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Mobilized Russians share their strategies for evading combat. One individual became a defendant in a criminal case, another sought refuge in a psychiatric clinic. A third, originally from the Luhansk region and having fled the war in Donbass to Russia in 2014, has successfully resisted being dispatched from his unit for several months. The Insider has previously reported on how Russian conscripts manage to avoid military service. However, apparently even within the military unit itself, there are various methods employed to avoid deployment to the front.

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