In an effort to get Russian men to fight in the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s Police and military officers resorted to kidnapping citizens from public places in Moscow and St. Petersburg in October 2022 before taking them to military offices.
The men, who had no formal military training, were then forced to sign a military summons, handed out army uniforms, then briefly taken to training bases before being shipped to Ukraine. after to the Washington Post
A Russian conscript who survived a battle in Ukraine described his initiation into the war to a friend over the phone: “We got there the first day without firing a shot and they sent us like meat straight to the assault unit with two grenade launchers. At least I had read the instructions for use.”
According to the report, the conscript and the other members of the unit were on the front lines on the third day. He escaped with the bodies of his comrades lying all around him, he said.
The kidnappings
In October last year, authorities raided a business center in Moscow and kidnapped dozens of men, including some rehearsing musicians, a courier and a drunk and disabled man from a Moscow service agency.
Other kidnappings took place outside of subway stations, in apartment building lobbies, and inside hostels, cafes and restaurants, the report said.
In the early morning of October 13, 2022, the dormitories of the Mipstroy1 construction company were searched and over 200 men were arrested. Four days earlier, Russian authorities raided a homeless shelter in the Russian capital and arrested dozens of men.
A man escorted from his office to a draft office by two police officers and some ununiformed military personnel described the morale of the conscripts he was with:
“They didn’t want to fight for…
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