Expert Expects "Hidden" Mobilisation in Russia
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By: Vančo K. Tegov Despite a wave of attacks by Ukrainian drones, Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly not unhappy with the way the authorities there conducted the country's first parliamentary elections since the start of the war. Now he could order a new round of mobilization. After three days of carefully orchestrated voting, Putin's ruling United Russia party is expected to win […]
There are fears that Putin could use the official results as an excuse to proceed with the forcible conscription of hundreds of thousands of new soldiers.
Russia should now recruit soldiers for Ukraine
After the clear victory of the Kremlin party in the Russian parliamentary election, a "hidden" mobilization for the war of aggression against Ukraine can be expected in Russia. "The old mobilization decree has never been lifted, and the partial mobilization up to a strength of 300,000 men can be carried out at any time," said the Austrian military expert Gustav Gressel of the APA.
Russia's parliamentary elections confirmed the expected scenario. The ruling United Russia party won both an absolute and a constitutional majority with 355 mandates. In Spotlight, Pavel Havlíček from the Association for International Affairs analyzed it. According to him, the outcome of this “quasi-political ritual” was a foregone conclusion from the start. But he points out some remarkable details — for example, a historic change has occurred.
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