The chairman of the Senate demands that no mistakes are made in the call
Just five days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of reservists to bolster the invasion of Ukraine, an announcement that led to the massive sale of airline tickets and long lines of cars at the borders of several neighboring countries. arise as a result of poor practices in the procedure.
Some of the votes they cast, with positions of responsibility in the Russian regime or members of the front row of media, reflect the fear that nobody mentions, but everyone fears: that the social wear and tear caused by the war in Ukraine will provoke the protests and it will end Kremlin on the ropes.
“The mobilization errors provoke strong reactions in society, and rightly so,” said Valentina Matviyenko, president of the Federation Council (the Upper House of Parliament), complaining yesterday, reprimanding the governors for their misconduct, on whom it is responsible for monitoring the call campaign. “Make sure that the partial mobilization is carried out in full compliance with the criteria and without a single mistake,” Matviyenko stressed.
It was not the only person responsible who was displeased with the lack of commitment from the authorities. The Kremlin Human Rights Council chairman Valeriy Fadeev also asked Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to “solve the problems urgently” in recruitment so that it “does not undermine the confidence of the people”. Fadeev mentioned several deviations, such as the recruitment of 70 parents from large families in the Buryatia region, in Russia’s far east, and of nurses and midwives with no prior military knowledge or practice.
As reported by Fadeev, all those affected were subpoenaed “under threat of criminal trial”. The Human Rights Council chairman also pointed to those who “spread the 2 a.m. calls as if they consider everyone to be deserters.” These are methods that create “dissatisfaction,” he warned.
Also within the Kremlin’s sphere of power, the editor-in-chief of the RT network, Margarita Simonyan, on Saturday deplored the scandalous news and condemnations that leave the call for mobilization. “It has been announced that regular soldiers can be recruited up to 35 years old, but the calls go up to 40 years old,” Simonyan criticized via his Telegram channel. “They make people angry like it’s on purpose, like it’s out of spite. As if they had been sent by Kiev,” he added.
Those dissenting votes came just a day after Putin decided on Saturday to replace Deputy Defense Minister General Dimitri Bulgakov, who was responsible for the logistics of the armed forces, as reported by Rafael M. Mañueco. While the order did not clarify the reason for the shutdown, several sources pointed out that it was related to serious difficulties in ensuring the supply of ammunition and supplies to the armed forces fighting in Ukraine. A series of mistakes that has facilitated Ukraine’s frenetic advance in recent weeks, in a counter-offensive that has pushed the Kremlin to its limits.
There have been scandalous calls in recent days. In the Volgograd region of southwestern Russia, a 63-year-old retired military man with diabetes and family problems was sent home from a training center. There too, the director of a small rural school, Alexander Faltin, 58, was ordered to join the mobilization despite having no military experience. His daughter posted a video on the networks that went viral, and after the controversy caused by his situation, he was allowed to return home after reviewing his documents, according to the RIA Novosti agency.
The fear of dying on the front lines of a war to invade and subjugate a brotherland, and the fear of repression if one does not want to participate in such an endeavor, has greatly increased the departure from the country. As reported by AFP, long lines of cars waiting to cross to the other side were spotted yesterday at a border crossing between Russia and Mongolia. The head of a checkpoint in the city of Altanbulag said more than 3,000 Russians have entered Mongolia through the crossing since Wednesday, most of them men. Rows of people with Russian passports were also seen at the immigration desk at the border crossing, a reporter from the agency noted.
Source: La Verdad
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