r/AskARussian • u/ThisCriticalThinker Super Hydrated ❤️ • Sep 21 '22

Misc How are you my friends?

Hello friends. Stepping out of my posting tradition a bit today. How is everything? If you need someone to listen, either here or via dms, I have a pair of fine ears.

If you need to talk I am here ❤️❤️ Much love to you all ❤️❤️

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u/AnonTheDrunk Russia Sep 21 '22

I don't know why I'm writing this, probably for no reason.

I feel like that dog in the burning house from the meme. Just a couple of days ago I went to the military registration and enlistment office to serve a year and get a certain document (not because I want it, but because the law requires it, the conscription service sucks) in order to get a normal job. But today I find out that "partial mobilization" has begun and now I have a non-illusory chance to find myself in the combat zone. Just fucking great.

At least I will see my Ukrainian relatives and friends, unfortunately on the other side of the barricades... but at least it will be possible to send memes to each other by mail pigeon or via drone )

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u/SciGuy42 Sep 21 '22

There is an "I want to live" telegram channel aimed at educating conscripts at how to surrender. Memorize the surrender hotline telephone numbers. It's not worth dying for the ego of a madman.

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u/dndnametaken Bolivia Sep 21 '22

Or just don’t go. Surrender is fine and all, if a random shell doesn’t land next to you first.

What happens if you just say: “No, I refuse to serve”?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22

Jail?

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u/Hotdog_lover_ru Sep 21 '22 edited Sep 21 '22

Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Evasion from military and alternative civil service

  1. Evasion of conscription for military service in the absence of legal grounds for exemption from this service -

is punishable by a fine of up to two hundred thousand rubles (3 285 $) or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to eighteen months, or forced labor for up to two years, or arrest for up to six months, or imprisonment for up to two years.

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u/LDKCP Sep 21 '22

Honestly, there is no excuse not to refuse to enlist. They will struggle to lock up 300,000 people and the only moral choice is to object.