According to two Russian soldiers interviewed by a pro-invasion blogger, if you wear a Russian military uniform on the metro in Moscow people distance themselves and give you dirty looks.

  • @uis
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    4210 months ago

    Same applies to police for last ten years

    • @[email protected]
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      2810 months ago

      Police choose to be police, aren’t many of the Russian soldiers drafted or forced to serve at this point?

      • @uis
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        10 months ago

        You are correct, many of them conscripted, and even those who was on contract before after mobilization started their contracts became perpetual.

        And police not only choose to be police, but also choose to beat students.

      • @severien
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        You can still refuse to be drafted, you’ll likely go into prison, but that’s a better option than murdering people.

        • @Aux
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          610 months ago

          But prisoners get sent to war…

          • @severien
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            Only volunteer prisoners.

            • @Aux
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              510 months ago

              For now…

              • @severien
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                010 months ago

                Until that changes, going to prison for dodging the draft remains to be one of the ways to avoid becoming a murder.

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          I’d consider the play to be get drafted, go AWOL, personally.

          Easier to say than do, of course.

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          I don’t know much about Russian prisons, but I might take my chances on the battlefield and try escaping.

          That is, unless you have family, in which case I wouldn’t put it past them to force compliance by threatening your family. I would probably serve “loyally” if not doing so meant my family would be thrown in torture prison for life or killed.

          • @severien
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            110 months ago

            Not even Ukrainian sources mention anything about torture of relatives, so I’m pretty sure this is just your fantasy.

            • @[email protected]
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              110 months ago

              Even if it isn’t torture, just the idea of them being punished could easily be enough to convince people. I would honestly be surprised if there are no consequences to the families of Russian traitors

              • @severien
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                110 months ago

                You’re free to find sources confirming your guesses. Until then, they remain guesses only.

    • quadropiss
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      1010 months ago

      Nah, more than 10 for sure. There’s anti police slurs coming from as early as the 80-90s, like “Musora” which is a plural form of “trash”

      • @uis
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        210 months ago

        Musora date back to 1910. It was subdivision name and became great pun.

        • quadropiss
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          110 months ago

          Aaah, ok. I thought it came from the 80-90s because of gangs and shit