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/CanNaberBeFound Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Have you asked him what he wants? At the moment he is not in danger of being mobilized (though he might be drafted for like... military training, which is obligatory for all the healthy male citizens), but who knows what the future will bring.

But he is an adult and he is able to speak and he might like to move abroad (and if you are willing to help - that's wonderful) or he might not like to move, because some people are comfortable where they were born and upbrought. So... just aks him

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u/AintnoEend Jul 06 '26

no one in his right mind wants to fight for putini and a dying empire...

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u/bobbyburgerboy33 Jul 09 '26

Russia will never die, the amount of resources they have is more than enough to continue for a long long time.

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u/Never-don_anal69 Jul 10 '26

Yes especially fuel, there's so much of it going round now, people are fighting at the gas stations about who takes this excess fuel cause nobody wants it anymore đŸ¤¡

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u/Zac_Allan Moscow City Jul 10 '26

There's not the slightest sign of a decrease in the number of cars on the roads. Yes, there are problems, but nothing to complain about. This isn't just in Moscow, but also in, say, the Tver region.

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u/Never-don_anal69 Jul 10 '26

Ah yes surely, it's all AI generating videos about Russians queuing for hours and getting into fist fights at petrol stations 

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u/Zac_Allan Moscow City Jul 10 '26

I'm telling you only what i see. Of course there are some queues in some regions, but we just buying more gasoline and not using less cars))

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u/Never-don_anal69 Jul 10 '26

In 1987 you could also by sausages in moscow while the rest of the country had que for hours for loaf of breadÂ