{
  "id": 2096171,
  "title": "Men in six Russian regions say they were detained and forced to sign military contracts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/men-in-six-russian-regions-say-they-were-detained-and-forced-to-sign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:21:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/20/men-in-six-russian-regions-say-they-were-detained-and-forced-to-sign-military-contracts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}