cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11022693
[Original in Russian. This is an automated translation with minimal edits.]
Member of the [Russian] Duma Committee on defense Viktor Sobolev said that Russia does not need citizens who leave the country amid rumors of a new wave of mobilization. “I think they are not leaving for nothing; we simply do not need them. If they don’t like their homeland so much and go somewhere just based on rumors, we don’t need them. So let them leave," the deputy said in an interview with [global Russian-speaking multi-platform media] RTVI.
He also assured that the Russian authorities have no plans for mobilization. “The military enlistment offices of all constituent entities of the Russian Federation cope with the task issued from the General Staff to recruit military personnel under the contract. Therefore, there is no such need today, Sobolev said.
Meanwhile, rumors of a possible mobilization immediately after the September elections to the state Duma provoked a sharp increase in the number of Russians leaving the country through the land border crossing Upper Lars on the border with Georgia. According to the Federal Customs Service, over the past week, about 113 thousand people crossed the border, while on August 20 the flow exceeded 20 thousand – much higher than usual figures. During the 2022 mobilization, Georgia became one of the main destinations for those who wanted to avoid conscription.
Wellllllll… I mean, these are people who were afraid of forced conscription… which means they’re military-aged males. That’s a demographic that the Kremlin really can’t afford to lose too much more of, given that it’s already in demographic crisis.
but then again, isn’t that good for feminism? aren’t all problems caused by men? (/s)
Ancient Greek storyteller whose name I don’t know how to spell in English: the grape is green, not ripe yet.
Aesop perhaps ? I dont recall that story though
Aesop
I mean him, yes. Not sure about spelling, though. The plot of the tale was “The fox tried to fetch some grapes, but it was too high and the fox failed. So the fox said that the grape isn’t ripe anyway and the fox don’t want it”
I assume you mean ripe?
I do hope that’s what they meant. Would.be a different story otherwise
Obviously
The shorthand in English is “sour grapes.”
vlad and don aren’t so different after all.
