Electronic military draft notices sent out in St Petersburg, Russia

Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by 9lobaldude

The authorities in St Petersburg have started sending out electronic military conscription notices in test mode as part of the spring conscription in Russia.

Source: Russian local news agency Fontanka, citing Sergei Kachkovsky, Chief Enlistment Officer in St Petersburg

Details: The test military draft notices are reportedly being sent to Russian citizens to their personal accounts on the Federal State Information System Gosuslugi.

Kachkovsky states that the issue of SMS notices is also being worked on.

On 14 April, Vladimir Putin, President of the aggressor country, signed a law that equates electronic conscription notices with paper ones, introduces a register of persons liable for military service and closes the borders for evaders.

Electronic conscription notices in Russia will reportedly be sent out in test mode during the spring conscription – in particular, in Moscow, conscription for military service will be carried out through the Gosuslugi portal.

Maxim Loktev, Chief Enlistment Officer for the Russian capital, said that conscripts who do not live at their place of registration in Moscow are tracked using the city's video surveillance system.

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AeroXero on April 20th, 2023 at 13:37 UTC »

This could be an issue for Russia. They have largely avoided drafting from the St. Petersburg and Moscow pool, which if things continue on can potentially destabilize the country. It's easy for Russian citizens in these cities to rationalize the war as many of the people they know arent directly affected by the war and they can live in a state of ignorance. This can change a lot for Russia if it goes poorly.

_invalidusername on April 20th, 2023 at 12:20 UTC »

A Russian friend of a friend got his draft notice a couple days ago. Thankfully he’s living in Netherlands so he’s ignoring the notice but he can basically never go back to Russia.

CLisani on April 20th, 2023 at 12:19 UTC »

Went to Thailand last month for my honeymoon. No joke it felt like I was in Russia. They were absolutely everywhere. Some of the locals told me it was because they didn’t want to go home as they would be drafted to war.