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Mobilization in Russia/Different opinion

A small room with a king-size bed, red wine in disposable cups. We’re on vacation. My husband and I are talking. I am lucky that my husband is really interested in my opinion. Especially when I’m shocked. Shocking news catches you even on vacation. Sometimes you’re not ready to get it, understand it or absorb it.

My old acquaintance Sergey*(a Russian man about my age) shared his opinion.

I was appalled by learning it, but … this is a different opinion, and it has a right to exist.

Mobilization in Russia

The first Russian word I taught my husband was the word “жопа”=ass.

One day he came home from work and said that his boss was “жопа” (ass). I corrected him: ass is the situation, and his boss is a козел=goat*.

When my friends and relatives (actually Daniel’s relatives) ask me about my sons, the best way to answer would be the word “ass”.

If you read me you know what I think about Putin’s war.

My main concern was mobilization. Many Russians thought they were not interested in politics, the government was doing what must be done to take care of its citizens.

And now politics has come to almost everyone’s home. And mobilization has become not only my concern.

On September 21, president Putin announced a partial mobilization. Where the word “partial” means nothing.

Who is primarily subject to mobilization?