Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Colleges in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia are issuing diplomas only if the students accept a mobilisation order at the same time. If they refuse, they face being imprisoned for up to two years. ⬇️

2/ The Ingush news website Fortanga reports that students are being forced to go in person to receive their diplomas. They are immediately being handed a summons for mobilisation, in front of witnesses, and have to decide whether to accept it. Their decision is recorded.

3/ If they refuse the summons, they face a 200,000 ruble fine, forced labour, arrest or imprisonment for up to two years.

As a source tells Fortanga: "To get a diploma, you have to sign a summons to the army. Otherwise, you don't get a diploma in any way.

4/ "Either you get a summons or you sign a waiver of the summons. So, if you receive a summons, it means you have to go to the army, but if you refuse to sign it, you are 'hello, motherfucker, it's prison'."

5/ The practice is said to have been introduced "after the director of a college in Nizhny Achaluki announced at a meeting with the republic's governor, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, that 30 students from his establishment had been called up for military service."

6/ The idea was subsequently adopted by local military enlistment office staff. It's legal, as long as the right procedures have been followed. Educational establishments can serve summonses but can't write them out themselves – that has to be done by military enlistment offices.

Source:
t.me/fortangaorg/15…