Men in six Russian regions say they were detained and forced to sign military contracts
The Get Lost project received 14 complaints between August 10 and 18 from men who said they were detained and forced to sign contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry. The complaints came from Izhevsk, Novorossiysk, Omsk, the Arkhangelsk region, Birobidzhan, and Ulan-Ude.
Between August 10 and 18, the Get Lost project received 14 complaints from men in six Russian regions, claiming they were detained and forced to sign military contracts with the Defense Ministry. The affected regions included Izhevsk, Novorossiysk, Omsk, Arkhangelsk, Birobidzhan, and Ulan-Ude. In Novorossiysk, one man's sister reported that police took him to a station, beat him, and planted drugs on him, leaving him with a choice: face criminal charges or sign the contract.
This man allegedly signed the contract. In Omsk, a man was detained after work and held, with his relatives stating a contract was signed on his behalf. Another case involved men pulled by plainclothes officers near a store, accused of drug possession, and then taken to a medical exam. The man claimed he had not signed anything, but he was taken away from Omsk to an undisclosed location.
Police in Arkhangelsk detained a man for drinking in a prohibited area, and by the following day, his relatives reported he had already signed a contract.
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