Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Mobilised Russian reservists from Kazan (likely ethnic Tatars) are committing suicide in toilets, running away from their mobilisation camp, and being given psychological evaluations to assess their loyalty, according to journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva. Translation follows. ⬇️

2/ "And now news about the mobilised from near Kazan (who were taken to the circus). There are already six reservists who hanged themselves. According to a source, the last of them hanged himself the day before, right in his tent.

3/ That is why the police and prosecutor's office swarmed into the camp today. All the mobilised men were made to undergo psychological tests. Moreover, today they were not given assault rifles – this is probably linked to the shooting in the Belgorod region.

4/ According to the source, at least two men committed suicide in the toilet – a hastily erected structure of corrugated sheeting with holes in the floor near the camp.

5/ I don't know whether everyone in the army does it in front of each other, but the mobilised near Kazan do it that way.

6/ Yesterday and today at the parade, several people were missing again – they ran away. In general the entrance to and exit from the camp is free and one can easily leave. When I asked why everyone else did not do this the source could not answer.

7/ However, he said that the reservists confess they "do not want to die because of one man" [presumably Putin]. So far only in whispers, in conversations with each other.

8/ Meanwhile, the circus continues - artists from Nizhnekamsk came to the tent camp with a concert. The photo shows the same toilet where men hang themselves." /end

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