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Oct 17 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin claims the city’s mobilization is over. It’s the most politically significant draft in the country and its end may seek to calm tensions. In a decision that seems to reward draft-dodgers, all mobilization orders issued are no longer valid.
Thanks to everyone who normalized mobilization, writes state-funded RT head Margarita Simonyan. ‘Normalized’ is a good word for people willing to criticize the how but not the why of Russia’s draft to stay in this horrific war.
Muscovites may not want to come back from the dacha/Armenia just yet. In the past, Russian regions have declared the end of mobilization and then... mobilized some more Russians.

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Oct 8
The Crimean Bridge has been hit, either by a missile or a sabotage attack. Strikes at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s prestige. He went to war to take Kyiv only to find that he can’t even protect Crimea. He’ll be looking for some way to respond. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Russian anti-terror committee says a truck exploded on the bridge, both destroying a section of the motorway and also igniting railway cars filled with fuel. Honestly raises a ton of questions, including how that attack could be timed so perfectly and could a single bomb do it?
There is now security footage that purports to show a truck exploding on the Crimean Bridge. If this is all true, it means this was a suicide attack.
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Oct 1
“Don’t worry. Sobyanin will fix it.” How Russia’s technocrats and propagandists think they can salvage Putin’s mobilization by trashing the military and bringing in managers to paper over a simple problem: no one asked for a draft. theguardian.com/world/2022/oct…
In big cities, Russia’s government has sought to replace free and fair elections with technocratic solutions to the problems of daily life. Most people know they did not choose the mayor but feel it’s ok if life gets better. Russia is now trying the same trick with mobilization.
So how do you calm Russians about mobilization (without canceling it)? You send local managers to oversee the draft and start canceling call-ups. You build sleek new mobilization points with minimalist airspace aesthetics. You open a website called ‘we’re explaining dot com.’
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Sep 30
Kremlin bringing in a big crowd to show support for today’s annexations. A lot of convoys of buses heading by the Kremlin already. Employees of state companies have also been told to attend.
Dozens of men clutching identical army ponchos getting off minibuses headed for Red Square for annexation event. Hundreds of riot police out, police and military vehicles in front of the Bolshoy Theater. In other words, everything as it always is.
Nikolskaya full of people, some wearing matching sweaters for the “People’s Front,” queuing for annexation announcement. “Dear citizens, entrance to Red Square is permitted only with an invitation.” My first impression is there are a ton of men here gathering in groups of 20-30.
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Sep 26
Video of a Russian man opening fire and killing the military commandant in a draft centre in the city of Úst-Ilimsk in Irkutsk region. The military commandant was the head of the local draft committee. He has died, according to reports.
Some reports from local Irkutsk media that the commandant is still alive. This is video of him being carried to a stretcher.
Audio from a @BaikalPeople witness at the shooting of the military commandant: official gathered those being drafted, “started explaining everything clumsily, some guy walked out of line and said ‘nobody’s going anywhere.’ And then I heard 3 shots.”
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Sep 20
All looking good for my vacation starting on Wednesday
strongly considering the aviasales option "куда можно"
Two hours till I switch on the auto-reply
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Sep 18
“How the fuck did this happen?”
say Russian border guards now in sight of Ukrainian troops. My second dispatch from Belgorod, where retreating soldiers roam streets. Fear and apathy too. “Until someone brings a coffin to your home, nobody cares.” theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…
In first dispatch from Belgorod, I spoke with pro-Kremlin Ukrainians, including one who collaborated in occupation administration in Kupiansk, and others fleeing fighting. Russian vowed until end it would “be here forever,” then fled. “What was the point?” theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…
Russia very nervous about people reporting from this region. A @MoscowTimes reporter was arrested yesterday, possibly for espionage. He has not been charged but remains in custody. He should be freed. Others face surveillance and harassment of sources for speaking to journalists.
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