According to witnesses, police divide those at the gym into citizens and non-citizens. Russians are taken to enlistment offices, where their military records are checked.
Non-citizens are accused of immigration violations and given a choice: deportation, or enlistment in the army, according to Current Time, an independent Russian news platform.
I’d say this is a good sign that things ain’t on the up and up for old Vlad.
Particularly as I thought they don’t enlist people from Moscow and St Petersburg. Only those from more remote locations that they care less about
Let’s hope that they have to enlist from Moscow and St. Petersburg real soon.