Back then, no one thought that war would turn out to be only the first — the Second Chechen War began in August 1999. Both key participants in the Khasavyurt Accords did not live to see its end.

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Few people know about the possibility of getting a deferral from military service for registered candidates for deputy. In practice, only a handful use this method, since electoral commissions easily weed out all non-party and unaffiliated candidates using the signature barrier. However, with the right legal preparation, it is still possible to dodge the draft using election laws. A student from a Moscow university, who asked to remain anonymous, shares his successful personal experience.

#army #elections #lifeinRussia #personalexperience #politicaltechnologies #Regions #WedBageno #Students #tatarstan

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Thirty-four-year-old teacher Ilya Yolokhin from the Perm region was not supposed to be at war due to medical reasons – yet he was sent to the occupied Donetsk region. He managed to escape from service, got out of Russia, and now shares what he went through.

#army #WarinUkraine #deserter #interview #personalexperience #RussianMinistryofDefense #mobilization #politicalasylum #psychologicaltrauma #torture #Russia

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