In St. Petersburg, a disabled person in a wheelchair of the 1st group, who has a military ID with category “D”, was thrown a summons into the mailbox during a “partial” mobilization. 26-year-old Aleksey (not his real name ) told The Insider about this.
“I have been a disabled person of the first group since childhood due to a medical error – an analysis of cerebrospinal fluid was taken incorrectly at the age of two months, and before that, meningitis was incorrectly diagnosed. After that, I lived quietly, at the age of 18 I passed a medical examination in the Kirov region, received a military ID with category “D” – I was not fit for military service. On this, my interaction with the military registration and enlistment office ended until yesterday evening.
Yesterday I checked the mailbox and was very surprised. I wrote to my friends, we discussed it, and in the morning I began to deal with this story. Just going to the recruiting office and saying: “Hello, you screwed up” is somehow not very good. I don’t want to go there again, it’s a pity for time.
I will try to sort this matter out with human rights activists, ask if it is legal for me not to appear on this agenda, because I did not sign anything. There is also a notice in this piece of paper, but there is neither a date nor my signature. I can just forget about it, and then they will figure it out themselves. I hope I will give some publicity and it will reach [to the military registration and enlistment office].”
Despite the rules on conscription announced by the Ministry of Defense, during the “partial” mobilization of the agenda, almost all Russians receive summons. So, in one of the latest cases in Moscow, employees of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University were mobilized with reservations. On the same day, October 17, Moscow completed the tasks of mobilization, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. According to him, the summonses sent out are no longer valid. However, human rights activist Pavel Chikov explained that the authorities of the regions do not have any authority to complete the mobilization, they need to wait for the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prior to this, the “partial” mobilization and legal regime announced by him are preserved, and the need for a new wave of conscription may arise at any moment.
Despite Sobyanin's statements, a few days before the "end" of mobilization in Moscow, The Insider reported that the police again began raids to serve subpoenas to men. Employees stop Russians at metro stations in Moscow, guard them near the entrances to the residential complex in St. Petersburg. Also, law enforcement officers in some cities “comb” shopping centers and take even the homeless to military registration and enlistment offices. Senator, head of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Andrei Klishas reminded that such delivery of subpoenas on the street is illegal.