On Mobilization in Russia
There will be no mobilization in Chechnya — Kadyrov
Mobilizing a country for war is not precisely an easy thing to do. It requires documents to generate lists. These are still paper documents in Russia at the local commissariat level. Why the resistance has been targeting them for months?
It will also require silly things like trucks to transport draftees from the recruitment station to the training center. Let’s dispense with the theory that there will be any basic training, more on this below. This piece came through Telegram this morning, and it’s telling on this logistics:
After partial mobilization was announced in Russia by Presidential Decree from 9 a.m. on September 21, the relevant orders of military commissar “On the announcement of partial mobilization” began to appear in different regions.
Many were surprised that these documents — and we have appropriate orders from Samara, Makhachkala, Tatarstan and Tver region — are similar to each other, as if made for carbon copy. However, it’s rather normal — that’s how a bureaucratic machine works, especially a military one.
The fifth paragraph of this order seemed more surprising to many:
- §5
“Heads of organizations, regardless of organizational and legal…