The Putin regime is panicking. After the severe losses inflicted on the Russian
armed forces in the Ukraine the regime is now being forced to call up 300,000reservists. The Kremlin stressed that this only applied to people who had alreadydone their military service and had special skills and combat experience. Howeverthis was not believed by many young Russians and they are seeking ways out ofavoiding the draft. Draft dodging in Russia is punishable with up to 15 years inprison. ---- Some are trying to marry women who already have several children,whilst others are trying to register as carers of elderly relatives. As a resultmany registry offices have been packed with young men attempting to avoid call-up.Others are fleeing Russia. Some are crossing land borders, with Finland reportingthat the number of Russians crossing the border has doubled from the week before.This was repeated at the border with Georgia where queues of vehicles stretchedback miles from the border. Meanwhile Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Polandturned back fleeing Russians at their frontiers. Russian airports were alsocrowded as many attempted to escape to Istanbul, Belgrade and Dubai. Kazakhstanis another country that draft dodgers are escaping to. Five hundred thousandRussians have quit their country since March.The decision to call up reservists led to angry demonstrations in at least 38cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg and as far east as Khabarovsk andUlan-Ude and Tomsk in Siberia with a clampdown by the authorities leading to morethan 1,311 arrests. Unofficial rallies are illegal under laws passed to suppressdissent.The Telegram channel General SVR reported that the Putin regime plans to mobilise500,000 by the end of the year, and a further 500,000 by March of next year.Demonstrators are being punished by being forced to sign call up papers and to beconscripted into the armed forces.Meanwhile the Anarcho-Communist Combat Organisation (BOAK) is sabotaging raillines supplying ammunition and other materiel to the Russian war effort. The BOAKstated: "Our goal is to break down the system of oppression, and to rebuildsociety according to anarchist ideals. This is in order not only to stop thiswar, but to make any war impossible... We were active in distributing informationabout the methods and means of direct action, as well as ongoing actions," thespokesperson said. While organisational activities were directed inward and meantto develop and strengthen their own structures, the members of this original teamwere no strangers to resistance - it was this that led to the formation of BOAK.They say:"This specific act of Putin's aggression was a push that forced us to publishinformation about the existence of the organisation in order to increase theeffectiveness of our actions".Tracks are being torn up by BOAK in remote areas using wrenches to loosen andremove bolts on the tracks. These remote areas are chosen because it increasesthe time taken to send repair teams.This results in the delay of military supplies for several days and sometimes thederailment of military trains. In addition, cell towers are sabotaged. Doors arewrenched open and the cell towers set ablaze, causing damage to expensivetelecommunications equipment in border areas.This activity is extremely dangerous and risks death and at the very least longprison sentences. BOAK states that "First of all, we cannot sit idly by becausewe know that every moment of delay leads to the continuation of this massacre, tothe deaths of civilians and children." "We cooperate with many anarchists, both individuals, groups and organisations,both in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, and in European countries. But,due to the nature of our business, many interactions are conducted on ananonymous basis to ensure the safety of all participants, and we cannot disclosedetails.""We believe that wars are a direct consequence of the existing system of socialrelations... War exacerbates existing contradictions, making it more obvious tomany that something is wrong, that it's impossible to live like this.""The actions of anarchists should show an alternative to the harmful factors thatgave rise to the war, and at the same time eliminate them - during these periodsof instability and upheaval, systems of oppression are weakened, which means thatthere are more chances for freedom."Solidarity with the anti-war demonstrators and with the draft dodgers and withall those sabotaging the war effort!Mobilise against moves to war here in Britain! Increase the momentum of thecurrent strike wave!No War But the Class War!https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2022/09/28/russian-resistance-to-the-war/_________________________________________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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