[Original in Russian. This is an automated translation with minimal edits.]
Member of the [Russian] Duma Committee on defense Viktor Sobolev said that Russia does not need citizens who leave the country amid rumors of a new wave of mobilization. “I think they are not leaving for nothing; we simply do not need them. If they don’t like their homeland so much and go somewhere just based on rumors, we don’t need them. So let them leave," the deputy said in an interview with [global Russian-speaking multi-platform media] RTVI.
He also assured that the Russian authorities have no plans for mobilization. “The military enlistment offices of all constituent entities of the Russian Federation cope with the task issued from the General Staff to recruit military personnel under the contract. Therefore, there is no such need today, Sobolev said.
Meanwhile, rumors of a possible mobilization immediately after the September elections to the state Duma provoked a sharp increase in the number of Russians leaving the country through the land border crossing Upper Lars on the border with Georgia. According to the Federal Customs Service, over the past week, about 113 thousand people crossed the border, while on August 20 the flow exceeded 20 thousand – much higher than usual figures. During the 2022 mobilization, Georgia became one of the main destinations for those who wanted to avoid conscription.
The enlistment offices cope with the task, sure - it’s how they cope with it that makes the people run.
By the way: Destabilisation in the countries those ruzzkis flee to is a nice side effect in the eyes of the Führer.
And keep in mind he views all countries with russian-speaking populace as colonies of russia, so that’s a nice pretense to keep invading.
That is why they’re fleeing!
