{
  "id": 3280651,
  "title": "Ads appear in the Moscow metro promising ‘alternative service’ with no front-line deployment. Recruits still sign standard military contracts.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ads-appear-in-the-moscow-metro-promising-alternative-service-with-no",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:19:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/25/ads-appear-in-the-moscow-metro-promising-alternative-service-with-no-front-line-deployment-recruits-still-sign-standard-military-contracts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Advertisements for “alternative civilian service” have begun appearing near Moscow metro stations, the independent Russian news outlet Vot Tak reported, citing a reader who spotted the signs.",
  "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."
}