Russia snatches men from gyms in Putin’s new conscription drive

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2025-04-19 21:50

Article here. Excerpt:

'During an evening workout at Spirit Fitness in south-east Moscow, gym-goers were suddenly told to drop to the floor.

This was not part of their training, however, but an instruction from Russian police hunting for illegal immigrants and military draft dodgers.

Such raids have been reported across multiple Russian cities for weeks, human rights campaigners say, even before Vladimir Putin signed an order to conscript 160,000 men in the country’s biannual call-up, the largest since 2011.'

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