New Russian citizens will be required to go to war

Russia intends to revoke citizenship from natives of Central Asia for refusing to fight in Ukraine.

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Member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Kabanov announced the preparation of a proposal for mandatory military service for natives of Central Asia who obtained Russian citizenship less than ten years ago.

This applies to individuals from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Kabanov proposed to revoke their citizenship for refusing to serve and to make the same decision regarding their relatives.

The member of the Human Rights Council suggests that new Russian citizens serve for a year in the Armed Forces.

It is reported that the proposal has been prepared within the framework of the partial mobilization announced by the President of Russia.

“The implementation of this initiative will be an adequate response to the official ban by the authorities of the aforementioned countries on their citizens’ participation in the ‘special military operation’ voluntarily, for which they face criminal penalties at home,” Kabanov stated.

Previously, the authorities of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan urged their citizens not to participate in hostilities on the territory of foreign states, as this act is subject to criminal liability at home.

Several natives of Tajikistan who hold Russian citizenship told Azda TV that after the announcement of mobilization, they received summons from the military enlistment office stating that they must serve in the army, and they have no other option but to go to war.

If they evade military service, they face imprisonment for 10 to 15 years, and in the case of fleeing from war, Russian law enforcement agencies threatened to hold their wives, children, and parents criminally liable.

According to a source speaking to Azda TV, after Putin announced the mobilization of 300,000 reservists, the laws regarding military service in Russia changed overnight. For example, previously, citizens with two children and their wives in the fifth month of pregnancy were exempt from military service, but today this law has been changed overnight. Now, only those with three children and whose wives are pregnant with a fourth child are eligible for deferment from military service.

Migrants emphasize that there are no restrictions for this mobilization; both fathers and sons, or two brothers from the same family, are being sent to war.

Additionally, the promises from the authorities that jobs for those sent to war would be preserved are not being fulfilled, and employers are dismissing mobilized workers as soon as they receive a summons.

The editorial team of Azda TV requests Tajiks living in Russia to send any available information, photographs, or videos about the mobilization process in this country for publication on our resources.