After the recent defeat of Putin's troops in the Kharkiv region, the president of
the Russian Federation, saving himself from total defeat and loss of power,announced a partial mobilization. Until now, mainly professional soldiers and theso-called contracts that were offered considerable money for participation in thewar. A week ago, mass conscription to the army began. Despite the mediadeclarations of the Russian authorities that it concerns selected categories ofpeople, any man who is able to stand on his feet can expect enlistment in thearmy. ---- Contrary to Moscow, Kiev and Warsaw propaganda, a large part ofRussians, maybe even the majority, do not support the war in Ukraine. Especiallythe young. Claims of massive support for Putin are in the hands of governments inall these capitals in the current situation.Contrary to this, the Russians, who are now threatened with being drafted intothe army and in trenches, are fleeing abroad en masse. Two days ago it wasreported that 261,000 have already left. people, although this is only a supposednumber. Nobody knows the scale of the exile. Long lines have formed at the bordercrossing points. The Russian opposition is calling for desertions and departuresat all costs, such as crossing the "green border" and even hiding in the taiga.Mass protests broke out in connection with the mobilization. Women play animportant role in them. Military recruitment stations are set on fire. In Russia,from the beginning of the war, 15,000-20,000 were detained for participating inpeace demonstrations. people. Of course, many more people participated in theprotests. And this despite draconian punishments.Also, shortly before and immediately after the outbreak of the war, many peopleleft Russia - during the first wave - including those connected with theopposition and fleeing the intensifying repressions. However, it was not Tallinn,Riga, Vilnius or Warsaw that became the capital of the Russian oppositionemigration, but Tbilisi - the capital of Georgia.The Russian opposition is shocked by the attitude of countries considered to bedemocratic, such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. They strongly urgedother EU countries to close the EU's borders to Russia. However, there is nouniversal consent for this. And it is not because - as the Russophobic Polishmedia presume - that it is about money from tourism. It's almost October, touristtraffic is slowly dying down. At the same time, countries such as theaforementioned Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Finland, without anyproblems accept refugees from Russia and offer them humanitarian aid.The hatred of foreigners "from the East" took away the remnants of reason fromthe representatives of the Polish government and right-wing parties. From thevery beginning, their political slogan was to distance themselves from refugees.This was the case in 2015, as well as during the crisis on the Belarusian border,and it is the case today in the case of Russian refugees from the repressions ofPutin's governments and conscription. The Polish government has the blood ofthose who died in the forests of Bialowieza on its hands, and now it will alsohave those to whom it slammed the door and thus sent them to their deaths in thetrenches in Donetsk or Luhansk. Perhaps they will end their lives thanks to theweapons delivered from Poland to Ukraine. But as we read on the right-winginternet forums: "a good Russian is a dead Russian". Really?In this way, the Polish right is helping Putin. Not mainly because it does notsupport the sabotage of mobilization, but above all it confirms the main thesisof Kremlin propaganda. It convinces the Russians that the West (and especiallyPoland) hates them without exception, wishes them rubbish and strives toannihilate them.Today, the anti-Putin Russian opposition thanks Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia,Mongolia and Finland. At the same time, he expresses his embarrassment with theattitude of the Polish government towards refugees from Russia. It is hardlysurprising.At the same time, the far right continues its anti-Ukrainian hucpa. He claimsthat Ukrainian women and children fleeing the bombs are a threat to Polishness.Taking advantage of their aversion to "others", they want to siphon off somethingfor themselves from the supporters of the ruling party. Among the PiS electorate,xenophobia still reigns supreme, but also hope for the instrumental use ofUkrainians who are to die for Polish interests and Hussar mirages. Kaczynski'sparty's support for Ukrainian refugees is conditional. After all, she does notbelieve in European human rights, humanism, and recently even in the words of thePope calling for peace between nations.Stanislaw Krastowiczwww.rozbrat.org https://federacja-anarchistyczna.pl/2022/09/28/dlaczego-polski-rzad-wspiera-putina/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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