Following significant losses, russia’s draft campaign, utilizing forced mobilization and contracting with prisoners and the Wagner Group mercenaries, has reached its limits. Consequently, the terrorist regime in russia is employing all available means across its territories to refill the ranks of assault battalions, with a focus on segments of the population whose losses won’t significantly impact russian society, National Resistance Center of Ukraine reports.
For instance, in Chechnya, individuals are conscripted into the Ukrainian war due to alcohol and drug use. A notable case involves a middle-aged man forcibly enlisted for using marijuana; tragically, his body was returned to his family within three months. Those with dependencies are sent to war under Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s “oral orders”, as reported by a Chechen police official.
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Additionally, there’s a documented instance where the Chechen Supreme Court overturned the sentence of Rahim Saidarkhanov, a local resident previously convicted of drug possession. Among the defense’s arguments was Rahim Saidarkhanov’s involvement in the war. This pattern of reviewing “drug-related” cases of alleged war participants has become widespread in russia.
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