Learn more

Moscow’s military enlistment offices have begun issuing notifications to conscripts warning of potential travel restrictions and other penalties for failing to report for mandatory service, iStories has reported. Reports of messages warning Russian men about the consequences of evading conscription first circulated on social media and were later verified by Artyom Klyga, a lawyer from Russia’s Movement of Conscientious Objectors. These SMS notifications emphasise recent amendments to the Military Duty Law, which Parliament revised to impose severe controls on conscripts ignoring summonses. The…