Yesterday’s adoption of the law on the unified register of conscripts and electronic drafting became the main news for the whole country of Russia, as well as important news for those who are unfortunately connected with it. This includes Muslims living in Russia, millions of whom may be affected. But before discussing the practical aspects, it is impossible to ignore how once again Russian propaganda has demonstrated its deceitfulness by trying to present Russia (!) as a counterbalance to the trends of dictatorship prevailing in the world.
In particular, we are talking about the so-called «digital gulag», which is fully established in Russia with the adoption of these laws, so much so that «Gayropa» and «Eurosodom» can only «dream» of such a thing for now. Conscription notices in Russia will now not only be issued remotely and automatically/by default, but they will also block the sources of income of draft dodgers, including electronic forms of income tied to their digital identity, such as Yandex Taxi and other commercial online applications. Truly, while the rest of the world (except perhaps China) may only be considering doing something nasty, in Russia it is already being brought to life.
But let’s not dwell on what should be obvious. Let’s talk about other things that are literally vital. After all, in this case, the «digital gulag» is a means, not an end. The goal is to ensure the maximum number of cannon fodder for the slaughter, so that it becomes impossible to avoid this fate. Moreover, if anyone seriously believed that only contract soldiers and mobilized reservists would be sent to the slaughter, but not conscripts, then another change has recently been made for these naive people — the possibility of using conscripts in «peacekeeping operations». Do we need to explain what this means in practice in Russia’s current situation?
It is equally important to understand WHY this is happening, which will make it possible to understand WHAT is happening. Ukraine is completing preparations for a large-scale counteroffensive, in which it will use newly delivered Western weapons and new, fully equipped army corps. According to the forecasts of many Russian military analysts, this counteroffensive could lead to the collapse of the Russian fronts in Ukraine, the encirclement, destruction or capture of the occupying groups and a direct threat to the occupiers in Crimea, and possibly even a breakthrough of the Ukrainian army into the border areas of Russia.
Once, after the successful Ukrainian offensive near Kharkiv and in Kherson, the Kremlin solved the problem of filling the gaps in its defense with the first wave of mobilization and by collecting prisoners from all prisons. They were able to partially solve this problem, but at the cost of tens of thousands of deaths, after which they announced that they had no plans for new waves of mobilization. They did not plan it last time either, promising that only contract soldiers would fight in the «self-defense forces,» but then one day they decided to send hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens to the slaughter. Now they are preparing to do the same, but on a larger scale, because the Ukrainian army, having accumulated weapons and mobilization resources, is now many times stronger. This means that more cannon fodder will be needed to hold them back, and therefore automatically more victims.