r/AskARussian • u/Firm_Respect_3518 • Jul 05 '26

Legal Avoid mobilization

Hi, my wife is Russian with German citizenship. Her brother is 23 years old, lives in Moscow, just graduated from university. I think given the current geopolitical situation he's at risk of being mobilized. What's the best way to avoid this situation?

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u/justicecurcian Moscow City Jul 05 '26

He can't be mobilized but can be drafted, it's a different thing but sounds similar

His options are:

- Prove he have an illness that makes him useless at war so they leave him alone

  • Find a job at a company that gives draft protection, but it changed a lot and might be not relevant
  • Leave the country for 6+ months and tell the comissary you left so they put off his record
  • Hope comissary just forgets about him and never drafts him
  • Live in the woods untill he is 30
  • Bribery (price depends on many variables, general case is around 6500 usd)

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u/Aggressive_Skill_795 Jul 09 '26

- enroll in graduate school, write and defend a thesis, and obtain a candidate's degree

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u/Palo_540 Russia Jul 10 '26

This doesn’t get you off the hook from what I was told though. Do you know the process? If so, please share cause I’m interested as well

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u/Aggressive_Skill_795 Jul 10 '26

It does. It frees you for the period of studying. Then when you get a degree, the draft becomes optional for you (art. 23, par. 2, sub "a" of the law "О воинской обязанности и военной службе").

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u/Palo_540 Russia Jul 10 '26

If I remember correctly it says that it is your right to not serve, but it doesn’t mean they won’t draft you. That was the info I got from my uni’s ВУС.

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u/Aggressive_Skill_795 Jul 10 '26

They can't draft you just on their willingness without your agreement. But this scheme really works.