In Reply to: Tuesday is Monday's ugly sister* posted by mh on August 25, 2026 at 10:18:12
Since June, there have been reports of attempted press-ganging in Penza, 625km (388 miles) southeast of Moscow.
Recent footage shared on social media has shown individuals dressed in plainclothes trying to force fighting-age men into vehicles to take them to the recruitment centre, while weeping women try to intervene – echoing similar scenes in Ukraine.
Potential recruits have also been reportedly summoned to police stations under bureaucratic pretexts, then beaten or threatened – for example, by having illicit drugs planted on them – into signing a military contract.